Tag: coronavirus
Sinovac coronavirus vaccine “significantly less effective than what previous data suggested”
The São Paulo-based Butantan Institute – which is running final-stage clinical trials for CoronaVac, manufactured by Beijing-based Sinovac – submitted new data to Brazil’s health regulator on Tuesday, listing an efficacy rate of 50.4 per cent. More...
Spike E484K mutation in the first SARS-CoV-2 reinfection case confirmed in Brazil
On December 9th [2020], the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH) recognised the first case of reinfection in the country. More...
Chinese study finds most patients still show signs of ‘long Covid’ six months later
The largest study of its kind found that most of those treated in a Wuhan hospital were still showing symptoms six months after being sent home
The most common problems were fatigue and difficulty in sleeping, but lung and kidney problems were also recorded
Another new variant of the novel coronavirus has been found in Japan
The new mutant strain, which is partly similar to different variants reported in the U.K. More...
Emergence of Y453F and Δ69-70HV mutations in a lymphoma patient with long-term COVID-19
“We report a genomic analysis of SARS-CoV-2 from a lymphoma patient with long-term COVID-19. More...
Long Covid Study: 6-month consequences of COVID-19 in patients discharged from hospital
The long-term health consequences of COVID-19 remain largely unclear. More...
Cornwall: near 500% rise in cases of Covid-19 in children aged 0-4yrs over Xmas
A week on week comparison of the rates of infection per hundred thousand reveal that some of the largest increases in percentages in the week from December 24 (Christmas Eve) to December 31 (New Year’s Eve) are in children under four years old (increase of 485.7%), those aged 70 to 74 (367.2%) and 85 to 89 (433.3%). More...
1,000 mink culled at Canada fur farm after three test positive for coronavirus
Mink euthanized for their fur on a British Columbia, Canada farm where three animals tested positive for COVID-19
Mink at a Fraser Valley farm that was the site of a COVID-19 outbreak in December were recently euthanized and frozen, and will be pelted for their fur in the future. More...
Comprehensive mapping of mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain
Comprehensive mapping of mutations to the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain that affect recognition by polyclonal human serum antibodies. More...
Beijing clamps down to fight Covid surge
“Just one night after announcing it was entering the “wartime mode,” North China’s Hebei Province, which neighbors Chinese capital Beijing, began putting in place various COVID-19 prevention measures on Wednesday amid a sudden spike in coronavirus infections, including controls on highways passing through Hebei leading to Beijing and other provinces, stopping sales of railway tickets to Beijing, suspending classes in schools, implementing closed-off managements in residential communities in provincial capital Shijiazhuang, and taking sweeping nucleic acid tests. More...