Tag: B1351
UK: Finchley in north London borough of Barnet now also surge testing for South African variant B.1.351
People living and working in Barnet, north London, are being urged to get a Covid-19 test after a case of the South African variant was found. More...
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variants B.1.351 and P.1 escape from neutralizing antibodies
“In contrast, entry of the B.1.351 and P.1 variant was partially (Casirivimab) or fully (Bamlanivimab) resistant to antibodies used for COVID-19 treatment. More...
Evidence for increased vaccine breakthrough rates of coronavirus variants of concern in BNT162b2 Pfizer-BionTech mRNA vaccinated individuals
Here, we performed a case-control study that examined whether BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BionTech) vaccinees with documented SARS-CoV-2 infection were more likely to become infected with B.1.1.7 or B.1.351 compared with unvaccinated individuals. More...
80% of coronavirus infections in Dhaka, Bangladesh are B.1.351 South African variant – on March 5th 2021 there were zero cases
A recent study by the ICDDRB revealed that the South African variant B.1.351 of the novel coronavirus is dominant in Dhaka, Bangladesh. More...
Brazilian coronavirus variant P1 at 4.3% in Umbria, Tuscany, Lazio, and Marche in Italy
“in our territory, in particular in some regions of central Italy ,there is an estimated prevalence of the Brazilian variant of 4.3%, not in the whole country, but in Umbria, Tuscany, Lazio, Marche”. More...
School pupil infected with South Africa coronavirus variant B1351 in Achberg, Germany. 150 people in quarantine
The school had to close last Friday, just under a week after it opened. More...
Three cases of South African coronavirus variant B.1.351 confirmed in Czech kindergarten
Elisabeth Pharmacon laboratory in Brno, Czech Republic has detected three cases of the South African mutation of the coronavirus, in samples taken in a local kindergarten. More...
Outbreak of South African coronavirus variant in Copenhagen, authorities ring doorbells and send texts to residents. N502YV2
There is an outbreak of a South African coronavirus variant B.1.3.5.1 in the North-West quarter of Copenhagen. More...
Moselle, France: “more than a third of coronavirus cases in circulation are of South African origin” 501YV2
The presence of variants in Moselle, France, continues to worry. More...