Tag: covid
UK: Finchley in north London borough of Barnet now also surge testing for South African variant B.1.351
People living and working in Barnet, north London, are being urged to get a Covid-19 test after a case of the South African variant was found. More...
Genetic Evidence and Host Immune Response in Persons Reinfected with SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Brazil
A paper to be published in May in the U.S. More...
Canada: first blood clot case in AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine recipient reported
Canada announced on Tuesday its first report of a rare blood clot in a person who had received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. More...
India: Maharashtra coronavirus lockdown announced
The Maharashtra government has imposed lockdown-like curbs in the state from 8pm 14th April 2020. More...
Australia: second likely AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine blood clot case
The second case of rare blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has been detected in a woman vaccinated in Western Australia. More...
Boris Johnson: “many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus”
12th March 2020 – Boris Johnson: “many more people will lose loved ones to coronavirus” (Guardian). More...
US health authorities call for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine after reports of blood clotting
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said six cases in 6.8 million doses had been reported and it was acting “out of an abundance of caution”.
Glucocorticoids and B cell depleting agents substantially impair immunogenicity of mRNA vaccines to SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Compared to immunocompetent controls, a three-fold reduction in anti-S IgG titers (P=0.009) and SARS-CoV-2 neutralization (p<0.0001) were observed in CID patients.
London: 70 cases of South African coronavirus variant B.1.351 found in Wandsworth & Lambeth
More...Test and trace now asking everyone 11+ living in Wandsworth and Lambeth to take a PCR test after cluster of 70+ cases of South African variant found.
