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B.1.1.529 Omicron: Valve-style face mask may have caused cross-infection between vaccinated, quarantined patients

A Covid-19 patient whose valve-style face mask was blamed for a cross infection in a quarantine hotel last week has been found to be carrying a new variant of the virus with a high number of mutations, marking the first known appearance of the strain in Hong Kong. More...

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, B.1.1.529, Coronavirus, Hong Kong, Hospitalization, Infection, MU, Quarantine, South Africa, Testing, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

South Africa: Omicron variant B.1.1.529 has outcompeted Delta in just two weeks

South Africa held a press conference today to give more information on the new SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529. More...

November 25, 2021November 26, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, B.1.1.529, Botswana, Coronavirus, Infection, Omicron, South Africa, Testing, Transmission

Sweden: 43% of patients in ICU are fully vaccinated, and the figure is rising

In September 2021, 23% of those cared for in Swedish IVA (ICU) were fully vaccinated. More...

November 25, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Deaths, Delta, Elderly, Europe, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Revaccination, Sweden, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

B.1.1.529 Omicron: Sars-Cov-2 variant with extremely high number of Spike mutations

“Currently only 4 sequences so would recommend monitoring for now. More...

November 23, 2021April 21, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com B.1.1.529, Coronavirus, Evolution, Hong Kong, Mutation, South Africa, Transmission

Slovakian President: “We are losing the fight against the pandemic, we need a lockdown”

“We are losing the fight against the pandemic, we need a lockdown”, said President Zuzana Čaputová on Tuesday after visiting the hospital in Ružinov in Bratislava. More...

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Deaths, Delta, Europe, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Lockdown, Slovakia, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Netherlands: compulsory social distancing returns

Social distancing and keeping 1.5 metres apart is to become compulsory again in the Netherlands from Wednesday 25th November, the Dutch justice ministry has announced. More...

November 23, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com Delta, Infection, Lockdown, Netherlands, Transmission

UK: Fully vaccinated up to 29 times more likely to catch Covid

The latest UKHSA vaccine report is out, and the vaccine breakthrough figures are simply jaw-dropping. More...

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B.1.1.529 Omicron: Valve-style face mask may have caused cross-infection between vaccinated, quarantined patients

South Africa: Omicron variant B.1.1.529 has outcompeted Delta in just two weeks

Sweden: 43% of patients in ICU are fully vaccinated, and the figure is rising

B.1.1.529 Omicron: Sars-Cov-2 variant with extremely high number of Spike mutations

Slovakian President: “We are losing the fight against the pandemic, we need a lockdown”

Netherlands: compulsory social distancing returns

UK: Fully vaccinated up to 29 times more likely to catch Covid

Slovakia Health Minister calls for three week full lockdown

Austria: 40% vaccine breakthrough for symptomatic Covid infections

UK: 600 babies born prematurely to mothers hospitalised by Covid

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