Category: XBB
Record Covid deaths in Japan, pneumonia increases in Italy
Just two days ago, the WHO warned of an increase in Covid deaths across the globe.… ...More...
Bloom Lab: Why is XBB.1.5 so contagious?
One of the world’s top Covid labs explains how Omicron XBB.1.5 has learned new tricks to become more transmissible than other SARS-CoV-2 variants.… ...More...
XBB.1.5 already outcompeting its closest relatives in England
The latest Sanger Institute data for England show that the recombinant Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 is already outcompeting its familial lineages XBB, XBB.1.1 and XBB.2.… ...More...
US wastewater shows second-highest ever Covid wave
Wastewater tests conducted by the US firm Biobot are showing the second-highest ever peak in readings for Covid for the entire pandemic.… ...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...
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...
The world’s first XBB wave begins in Singapore
The world’s first wave of the recombinant SARS-CoV-2 variant XBB has apparently begun in Singapore.… ...More...
Denmark: A soup of 120 Covid variants sequenced in one month
You may have heard the expression “a soup of Covid variants” recently..… ...More...
XBB and three other SARS-CoV-2 strains found to be more antibody-evasive than BQ.1.1 and BA.2.75.2
The speed with which SARS-CoV-2 is now evolving is quite breathtaking – ever-fitter variants are now being uncovered on an almost daily basis.… ...More...