Category: Variants
Denmark’s Covid variant soup is turning into a Covid variant smoothie
When we last checked in October 2022, Denmark had sequenced 120 different Covid variants – this month, they have sequenced 249 Covid variants. More...
UK: Covid on the rise in FIFTH wave of the year
The UK ZOE app is showing Covid cases are once again on then rise in what would be the fifth wave of 2022 in the UK. More...
Preprint: Two thirds of first-wave Covid cases have long Covid
The proportion of patients with at least 1 post–COVID-19 symptom 2 years after acute infection was 59.7% for hospitalized patients and 67.5% for those not requiring hospitalization. More...
Emma Hodcroft analyses the XBB recombinant variant
This is one of those very rare occasions when an entire Twitter thread is worth republishing as it answers so many common questions. More...
Kenya: Beta-like SARS-CoV-2 variant found >1 yr after disappearance
A preprint out today gives details of a Beta-like SARS-CoV-2 variant with additional mutations recently found in Kenya. More...
Japan: new Covid wave begins with BF.5 as leading variant again
Japan is seeing a new wave of coronavirus rolling in, just weeks after the last devastating wave tailed off. More...
BF.7: Another contender for global domination
The XBB and BQ.1 variants have recently been making headlines, but another SARS-CoV-2 variant, BF.7 has been closely tracking their success across the globe. More...
Preprint: Neutralizing antibody escape of BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BF.7 and BA.2.75.2
A recent preprint looks at the neutralizing antibody escape abilities for several new variants causing concern across the globe. More...
Singapore: XBB variant more prevalent in those without a previous Covid infection
Singapore’s Health Minister, Ong Ye Kung, has said that he expects the current XBB SARS-CoV-2 wave to peak in mid-November 2022. More...
XBB set to become the dominant variant in Singapore
XBB is set to become the dominant variant in Singapore, and is already dominant in Bangladesh. More...