Scientists discuss the new South African SARS-CoV-2 variant 501Y.V2
Scientists have new biological evidence that a South African variant of Covid-19 binds more readily to human cells, making it more infectious, according to one of the world’s leading infectious disease experts. More...
One-in-eight ‘recovered’ coronavirus patients ‘die within 140 days’, a third are readmitted within weeks
Almost a third of recovered Covid patients will end up back in hospital within five months and one in eight will die, alarming new figures have shown. More...
An open letter for proper coronavirus safety measures in schools
“Schools are a Covid19 pandemic driver; there is a consensus on that in literature. More...
Norway raises estimated death toll from Pfizer-Biontech coronavirus vaccine to 29
Norway expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc. More...
Distinct Patterns of Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 Spike variants including N501Y in Columbus, Ohio
“We report here the emergence in Columbus, Ohio in December 2020 of two novel SARS-CoV-2 clade 20C/G variants. More...
Long Covid could claim up to 700 doctors in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland could lose up to 700 hospital doctors as a result of the pandemic, it has been warned. More...
Denmark finds 4 coronavirus cases which only have the E484K mutation in the spike protein
The first case of another covid-19 variant has been found in Denmark. More...
20C-US: Emergence and Evolution of a Prevalent New SARS-CoV-2 Variant in the United States
“we have identified a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that emerged in the United States (U.S.) More...
Second wild mink tests positive for Sars-Cov-2 outside Oregon mink farm
Since December, wildlife biologists with USDA Wildlife Services, under the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) direction, have captured and tested more than a dozen animals, including ten opossums, three cats, two skunks, and three mink. More...
White-tailed deer are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection
“Here we demonstrated that white-tailed deer, an animal species in which the angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) – the SARS-CoV-2 receptor – shares a high degree of similarity to humans, are highly susceptible to infection. More...