Tag: covid-19
Oregon: 13,166 vaccine breakthrough cases, 650 hospitalized, 113 deaths
There have been 13,166 vaccine breakthrough cases identified in Oregon. More...
Significant abnormalities found in the eyes of some patients with severe COVID-19
Researchers using MRI have found significant abnormalities in the eyes of some people with severe COVID-19. More...
UK: firebreak lockdown may be needed after letting virus run rampant all summer
“The UK Government is planning October ‘firebreak’ restrictions if hospital admissions stay high”. More...
BMJ: Allowing mass infection of children is reckless
“Children have suffered significant harms from Covid-19. In just the past two months there have been over 2,300 hospitalisations of under 18s in England. More...
Scotland: 70% of Covid deaths and 58% of hospitalizations are fully vaccinated
Grim news from Scotland where fresh Covid outbreaks are causing record infection numbers and vaccine breakthrough cases are now in the majority for both Covid hospitalizations and deaths. More...
Taiwan: first case of Mu variant found is a vaccine breakthrough case
Taiwan announced its first confirmed case of the Mu variant of COVID-19, a Taiwanese woman who had received two Pfizer vaccine doses in the U.S. More...
USA: Texas sees coinfections with flu and Covid-19
The Nueces County Public Health District in Texas announced that the County has started seeing people who not only have COVID-19, but the flu as well.
Generation and subsequent transmission of recombinant Sars-CoV-2 viruses within the community
A recent study found evidence for multiple independent recombination events of Sars-CoV-2 viruses sampled from late 2020 to early 2021 in the UK. More...
New Zealand to pursue Covid elimination strategy indefinitely
New Zealand will continue to pursue its ambitious Covid-19 elimination strategy indefinitely, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said
The prime minister warned that New Zealand would always need some kind of protection at its border. More...
USA: 53% vaccine breakthrough in Teton County, Wyoming
In the last two weeks (August 15-29), 372 confirmed active COVID-19 cases were reported in Teton County. More...