Category: Variants
XAY Delta-Omicron recombinant under observation
A new SARS-CoV-2 recombinant lineage from South Africa has been highlighted by Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Centre for Epidemic Response & Innovation in South Africa today. More...
Japan: Record-breaking Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths
Japan has seen record-breaking Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the past few days. More...
SARS-CoV-2 working out to become even fitter
If you had any doubt about just how dedicated SARS-CoV-2 is to its goal of becoming ever fitter, check out the incredible cryo-electron tomography shots and accompanying diagrams in this new Science article. More...
India: Covid-19 lung infections return
Indian doctors are once again seeing Covid-19 cases with lower respiratory tract infection symptoms involving the lungs in senior citizens and people with underlying ailments. More...
India: 100% rise in Delhi’s Covid hospitalisations in 14 days
Covid hospitalizations in Delhi have nearly doubled in the last two weeks, and the positivity rate is nearing 20%. More...
Preprint: Potential risk of BA.2.75 to global health is greater than that of BA.5
BA.2.75 spike exhibited a profound higher affinity to human ACE2 than BA.2 and BA.5 spikes. More...
India: BA.2.75 Centaurus takes off in Dehli, masks mandatory again
In Delhi, India, 2146 new cases of coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours. More...
Omicron BA.4.6 at 4 percent of all US sequences
Omicron BA.4.6, a subvariant of BA.4, has been attracting some media attention over the past few days. More...
Preprint: Suspected cat-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2
A veterinarian in Thailand was diagnosed with COVID-19 after being sneezed on by an infected cat owned by an infected patient. More...
India: BA.2.75 centaurus outcompetes BA.5 in India
Big news from Nextstrain: the BA.2.75 variant, unofficially nicknamed Centaurus, is now outcompeting BA.5 in India. More...