Category: Variants
Hong Kong: Omicron BA.2 with S:I1221T mutation at 100% of recent sequences *6 UPDATES*
A catchup post looking at the BA.2 variant with mutation S:I1221T. More...
Preprint: Fourth wave of COVID-19 in India – statistical forecasting
The fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may start around June 22nd 2022, and peak from mid-to-late August, a modelling study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur suggests. More...
Denmark: Omicron BA.2.H78Y cases stable in Week 9 infections report
Denmark has published its latest Covid-19 infections report for Week 9 of 2022. More...
Hong Kong: Nine day lockdown expected
South China Morning Post are reporting that a nine-day Covid-19 lockdown of Hong Kong is expected, and that “each resident will be required to undergo three tests during the mass testing,” the source said. More...
France: At least 10 cases of BA.1/AY.4 Deltacron recombinants confirmed
As of 01/21/2022, 10 sequences that may correspond to a Delta/Omicron recombinant have been identified in France… this recombinant has potentially already been circulating at very low levels since mid-January. More...
Preprint: Effectiveness of the BNT162b2 vaccine among children 5-11 and 12-17 years in New York after the emergence of the Omicron variant
For children 5-11, VE against cases declined from 65% to 12% by 28-34 days. More...
Hong Kong: Link between Covid cases and deaths re-established *4 UPDATES*
Hong Kong may impose a hard lockdown that confines people to their homes, authorities signalled Monday 28th February 2022, with the city’s zero-COVID strategy in tatters and bodies piling up in hospitals. More...
Denmark: Omicron BA.2.H78Y cases level off in Week 8 infections report
Denmark has just released its latest Covid-19 infections report for Week 8 of 2022. More...
France: B.1.160 outbreak may have begun in mink
“based on genomic, geographical and temporal coincidences, that the source of the Marseille-4 (B.1.160) epidemic was the mink”. More...
BA.2 spawns another subvariant – BA.2 + ORF1a:M85 – already at 10% of sequences in Denmark
Yet another fast-growing offshoot of Omicron BA.2 has been reported in Denmark today. More...