Category: Variants
Anders Tegnell: Rapid spread of the British mutation B.1.1.7 B117 in Sweden
According to state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, the spread of infection is increasing on a broad front in the country. More...
Denmark’s SSI: “Even without reopening, the development of virus variant B.1.1.7 B117 and the opening of 0-4yr class lead to slightly increasing infection rates and new admissions in mid-April”
SSI: “The expert group has all the way counted on a so-called scenario 0, where you do not open further. More...
B.1.258∆, a SARS-CoV-2 variant with ∆H69/∆V70 in the Spike protein circulating in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
We analyzed SARS-CoV-2 samples collected from various regions of Slovakia between November and December 2020 that were presumed to contain the B.1.1.7 variant due to traveling history of the virus carriers or their contacts. More...
Italian vaccinated with Pfizer/Biontech vaccine is infected with Brazilian coronavirus variant 501YV2
A health professional at a hospital in L’Aquila, Italy, was infected with the variant Brazilian P.1 of the new coronavirus, even after being immunized with the vacina pharmaceutical company Pfizer in partnership with BioNTech. More...
Coronavirus case with 484K mutation found in San Luis Potosí, Mexico
This what we know about the strain found in San Luis Potosí, Mexico: The mutation is known as E-484k and it was also identified in people from Jalisco and Tamaulipas. More...
New Philippines coronavirus variant has 484K and 501Y mutations
On Thursday, the Department of Health (DoH) in Central Visayas (The Philippines) confirmed that they have detected two mutations with “potential clinical significance” of SARS-CoV-2 that cause the disease. More...
New Finnish Covid variant Fin-796H variant has key coronavirus mutation 484K
The New Finnish variant Fin-796H shares with the South African variant the key mutation 484K that has been claimed to be central in the impaired vaccine protection. More...
Pfizer says South African variant 501Y.V2 B.1.351 could reduce vaccine protection by up to 66%
A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus N501Y.V2 More...
Longer duration of acute infection with B117 variant relative to non B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2
“These data offer evidence that SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 may cause longer infections with similar peak viral concentration compared to non-B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2. More...
Two coronavirus variants have merged into heavily mutated strain. B117 meets B1429
Two variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes covid-19 have combined their genomes to form a heavily mutated hybrid version of the virus. More...