Tag: covid-19
12 more UK B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant cases in Denmark, now 46 in total.
“The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has received new sequencing results for the English virus variant SARS-CoV-2 Cluster B.1.1.7. More...
1 in 1,000 Americans have died from Covid-19 in just 10 months
A total of 331,116 Americans have died from Covid-19 as of 3 p.m. More...
BioNTech vaccine developer: ‘Coronavirus will stay with us for another ten years’
First effect of vaccination ‘in three months’
The German Biontech/Pfizer vaccine that wants to protect the whole world against corona, will not bring about a decrease in the sky-high infections this winter. More...
USA has only sequenced 51, 000 coronavirus samples from 17 million infections
Have we seen this variant in the United States? More...
Covid19 reaches Antarctica – 36 people infected
Coronavirus has now reached the last continent on Earth with the first cases identified in Antarctica. More...
Coronavirus mutation B.1.1.7 has probably long been in Germany. The problem is laboratories don’t look closely enough.
“Richard Neher, who heads the Research Center Evolution of Bacteria and Viruses at the University of Basel, explains: The increase in the infectivity of the variant is “primarily estimated from the rate at which it displaces other variants”. More...
Professor Devi Sridhar: “The UK situation with this new variant is not good”
More...From everything I can gather, the UK situation with this new variant is not good.
New UK coronavirus mutation N501Y ‘identified in September’. Also seen in Denmark and Australia
A World Health Organisation (WHO) official has said a new strain of coronavirus in the South East was identified in September. More...
Adverse reactions reported to Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in multiple US states
- One Chicago hospital pauses its program after four workers suffer ill-effects
- CDC confirms at least six have had adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccine
- In Alaska, three health care workers needed medical attention after getting shots
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9071431/CDC-CONFIRMS-six-people-suffered-adverse-reactions-COVID-vaccine.html
New variant of SARS-CoV-2 ‘may be spreading faster’ in South Africa
A new variant of Sars-Cov-2, which has similarities to the new strain recently discoverd in the UK is spreading fast in South Africa. More...