Tag: covid
USA: Otters test positive for coronavirus at Georgia Aquarium
More...Our Asian small-clawed otters have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
UK: India is added to travel “red list” three weeks too late
India has been added to a “red list” of countries from which most travel to the UK is banned over fears of a new Covid variant [B.1.617], the health secretary has said.
Italy: Augusta Turiaco, 55yr old music teacher from Messina, died two weeks after AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination
55-year-old Augusta Turiaco, from Messina, Sicily, received her COVID jab on 11 March before her condition worsened in the days following her vaccination. More...
Brazil: novel coronavirus variant VUI-NP13L reported along with 2 cases of coinfection with B.1.1.28
“We were the first to identify two independent events of co-infection caused by the occurrence of B.1.1.28 (E484K) with either B.1.1.248 or B.1.91 lineages. More...
UK: coronavirus vaccine breakthrough cases reported with B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 variants
People in the UK have been infected with Covid-19 more than once thanks to catching different variants of the coronavirus. More...
UK: Cases of B.1.617 Delta “double mutant” coronavirus variant double in one week to 160
Professor Paul Hunter, an epidemiologist at the University of East Anglia, analysed publicly available information on new variant numbers last Saturday and again yesterday and found that the number of genetically-confirmed Indian strain cases had risen in a week from 79 to 160. More...
France: 32 cases of Breton coronavirus variant B.1.616 reported
On April 14, 32 cases of infection with the 20C / 655Y (B.1.616) variant were confirmed (29 in Brittany, three in other regions). More...
Denmark: 11 cases of Delta “double mutant” coronavirus B.1.617 reported
Anders Fomsgaard, virus researcher and chief physician at SSI, Statens Serum Institut, tells TV2 that there are now 11 cases of B1617 in Denmark, and that they are all connected to countries where the variant is already known. More...
US Congress letter to Peter Daszak requesting information concerning Wuhan Institure of Virology
A letter from the US Congress to Peter Daszak of EcoHealth Alliance requesting information concerning the Wuhan Institute of Virology. More...
The Lancet: “There is consistent, strong evidence that SARS-CoV-2 spreads by airborne transmission”
The Lancet: “There is consistent, strong evidence that SARS-CoV-2 spreads by airborne transmission. More...