Tag: covid
UK: Princess Michael of Kent is being treated for blood clots after receiving two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine
Princess Michael of Kent is being treated for blood clots after receiving two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine – although no link has been established. More...
UK: Boris Johnson goes ahead with lifting lockdown and travel restrictions despite B.1.617.2
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says lockdown lifting in England will not be reversed at this stage – but has urged people to ‘think twice’. More...
UK: 487 reinfections for UK coronavirus variant B.1.1.7 and 13 reinfections already for B.1.617.2
The latest UK PHE technical report shows that there have been 487 cases of reinfection recorded for the UK variant B.1.1.7. More...
UK: Chris Whitty – B.1.617.2 is more transmissible than B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant
Chris Whitty: at 11.15 minutes, “..there is now confidence, and SAGE has looked at this data, as have various modelling groups, that this variant (B.1.617.2) is more transmissible than B.1.1.7.” More...
USA: 3,620 coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases reported in California – up ~600 in one week. 150 hospitalized and at least 20 dead
California has reported 3,620 so-called breakthrough cases of coronavirus infections in people who were fully vaccinated since Jan. More...
India: Pangolin rescued from coronavirus-positive man tests positive for Covid-19
A pangolin that was recovered from a COVID-positive man has tested positive for the virus, following which it would be kept in isolation. More...
India: Jaipur Zoo lion tests positive for coronavirus. A white tiger, a panther, and another lion also suspected to be infected
An Asiatic lion has tested positive for Covid in Jaipur’s Nahargarh Biological Park. More...
Denmark: work begins to exhume millions of coronavirus contaminated mink
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the area around the Covid-19 infected mink burial pits at Karup and Holstebro. More...
Cameroon: travel-driven emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.620 with multiple VOC-like mutations and deletions in Europe
“In this study we have presented evidence that a SARS-CoV-2 lineage designated B.1.620, first detected in Europe in late February, is associated with Central Africa, where it appears to circulate at very high prevalence, and has been introduced into Europe and the US on multiple occasions. More...
WHO: Newly designated VOC within lineage B.1.617 – update on Delta coronavirus variant
In consultation with the WHO SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution Working Group, WHO has determined that viruses within the lineage B.1.617 have been characterized as a VOC. More...