Tag: covid-19
Herd immunity “not a possibility” with Delta variant
Reaching herd immunity is “not a possibility” with the current Delta variant, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group has said. More...
USA: 18.5% vaccine breakthrough in New Jersey
In a sampling of data from July 20 to July 26, fully vaccinated individuals accounted for 18.5 percent of new cases (803 of 4,332 new COVID-19 positive test results), but just three percent of all new hospitalizations (11 of 378) and no deaths (0 of 21). More...
mRNA vaccine booster dose antibodies – quantity not quality
“These results suggest that boosting vaccinated individuals with currently available mRNA vaccines would produce a quantitative increase in plasma neutralizing activity but not the qualitative advantage against variants obtained by vaccinating convalescent individuals.” More...
Ireland: 17% vaccine breakthrough “entirely in keeping with what we expect”
The Irish Department of Health has reported 1,522 new cases of Covid-19. More...
Israel added to US highest Covid-19 risk list
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control on Monday added Israel to its highest risk level, advising U.S. More...
Gibraltar: 100% of the population vaccinated, just added to CDC Covid-19 “Very High Risk” travel list
Gibraltar has just been added to the CDC Covid-19 “Very High Risk” list for travel areas despite 100% of its population being vaccinated. More...
USA: five Sumatran tigers test positive for Covid-19 in San Diego Zoo
San Diego Safari Park has learned that five of its six Sumatran tigers have Covid-19 after testing stool samples from the animals. More...
USA: 19% vaccine breakthrough in California
About 19% of recent documented COVID-19 cases in California are breakthroughs, and state data shows that those who have been fully vaccinated account for an increasing portion of positive tests. More...
Iceland: no herd immunity from vaccines with 50% vaccine breakthrough for hospitalizations
Iceland’s Chief Epidemiologist Þórólfur Guðnason says vaccination has not led to the herd immunity that experts hoped for. More...
USA: B.1.621 now at 10% of Covid-19 sequences in South Florida
Carlos Migoya, CEO of Jackson Health, revealed that now 10% of COVID-positive patients whose results are being sequenced at the University of Miami’s pathology lab have a strain [B.1.621] that originated out of Colombia. More...