Tag: coronavirus
Netherlands: The national lockdown has still not made a serious impact on the levels of coronavirus infection after three weeks
UK teacher Covid rates up to 333% above average
Covid rates among schools staff in some areas are as much as four times the corresponding local authority average, Tes.com More...
New UK SARS-CoV-2 B117 variant is now 7% of all cases in North Jutland and 2.3% of all cases in Denmark
At Aalborg University, Professor Mads Albertsen heads a research group that has followed the British mutation since it was discovered in December.
Mutations arising in SARS-CoV-2 spike on sustained human-to-human transmission and human-to-animal passage
“Spike mutations have also occurred during interspecies transfers of SARS-CoV-2 from humans to animals, both during establishment of experimental models of COVID-19 and as an unintended consequence of human interactions with domestic, curated and commercial animals.” More...
S-variant SARS-CoV-2 associated with significantly higher viral loads
“This analysis suggests that patients whose samples exhibit the S-dropout profile in the TaqPath test are more likely to have high viral loads at the time of sampling. More...
Mink infected with coronavirus escapes Oregon fur farm
A mink caught outside a farm in Oregon in mid-December has tested positive for low-levels of the coronavirus. More...
Study demonstrates that Raccoon dogs are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection
“Our experimental study demonstrates that raccoon dogs are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection and can transmit the virus to direct in-contact animals.” More...
Experimental Infection of cattle with SARS-CoV-2 – “we demonstrated viral replication in two of the inoculated animals”
“We inoculated 6 cattle with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and kept them together with 3 uninoculated cattle. More...
The new SARS-CoV-2 variant is growing rapidly, is more transmissible, and affecting a greater proportion of under 20s
Greater transmission : The new variant has a transmission advantage of 0.4 to 0.7 in reproduction number compared to the previously observed strain. More...