Tag: B117
14 people test positive for B.1.1.7 coronavirus in Osnabrück despite having 2nd vaccine jab
14 vaccinated retirement home residents tested positive for B.1.1.7 UK coronavirus variant
There has been an outbreak of the British variant of coronavirus in a retirement and nursing home in the Belm district of Osnabrück in Germany. More...
Oxford University: “vaccine effective against major B.1.1.7 ‘Kent’ coronavirus strain circulating in the UK”
“Data from our trials of the ChAdOx1 vaccine in the United Kingdom indicate that the vaccine not only protects against the original pandemic virus, but also protects against the novel variant, B.1.1.7”
The Oxford University researchers who developed the ChAdOx1-nCoV 19 vaccine have found that it remains effective against one of the new variants of the disease. More...
Circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants B.1.1.7, 501Y.V2, and P.1 have gained ability to utilize rat and mouse Ace2 and altered in vitro sensitivity to neutralizing antibodies and ACE2-Ig
Here, we first investigated cross-species receptor usage of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants that emerged during the pandemic. More...
Sars-Cov-2 lab variant bound 600 times more successfully to human cells than the original strain
The naturally selected mutations S477N, E484K, and N501Y of the Spike protein RBD, which show higher infectivity, were selected by yeast surface display affinity maturation already in the first round, giving rise to the South-African, E484K, N501Y, and British variants that bind ACE2 13 and 3.5-fold tighter than RBD-WT. More...
The Virus Changed. Now We Must ‘Get to Zero’ or Face Catastrophe
Don’t think of these variants as the same old COVID-19. More...
Pfizer-Biontech preparing vaccine “booster shot” for coronavirus variants B117, 501YV2 etc
As two new stains of the virus spread globally, Pfizer and BioNTech are also developing booster shots that can protect against various mutations. More...
561 cases of coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 reported in Denmark
“561 people with this variant have now been detected in Denmark. More...
Sweden bans entry from Norway following B117 outbreak in Oslo
Sweden will soon introduce an entry ban from Norway to reduce the risk of the spread of infection. More...
Hospitals in Madrid, Cantabria detect 20% B117 among new cases of Covid-19
The new variant of the coronavirus discovered in the United Kingdom, considered between 30% and 50% more contagious by various studies and now also suspected of being more lethal, is spreading through Spain faster than the system sanitary is capable of monitoring. More...
NERVTAG: there is a realistic possibility that infection with VOC B117 is associated with an increased risk of death compared to infection with non-VOC viruses
“Several new analyses are however consistent in reporting increased disease severity in people infected with VOC B.1.1.7 compared to people infected with non-VOC virusvariants.” More...