Tag: reinfection
Man in France critical after coronavirus reinfection with South African variant 501Y.V2
Doctors in France are treating a critically ill patient infected with the South African coronavirus variant, four months after he recovered from Covid-19, in what study authors said was the first case of its kind. More...
7% SARS-CoV-2 reinfection rate: 30 Brazil healthcare workers reinfected, often with worse symptoms than first infection
A professor of immunology at Imperial College London, told Sky News that while there were only 100 proven cases worldwide of reinfection, his conversations with doctors suggested it was “far more common than we’ve imagined”. More...
Reinfection from SARS-CoV-2 lineage P.2 with the E484K spike mutation in Brazil
We report the first case of reinfection from genetically distinct SARS-CoV-2 lineage [P.2] presenting the E484K spike mutation in Brazil, a variant associated with escape from neutralizing antibodies. More...
SARS-CoV-2 reinfection by the new Variant of Concern (VOC) P.1 in Amazonas, Brazil
“In this study, we report the first documented case of reinfection with the newly emerging P.1 lineage in a 29-years-old individual from Amazonas, a Brazilian state that was severely hit by COVID-19 at the first epidemic wave between March and July, and is currently facing a spiraling surge of deaths since November 2020. More...
Fauci: new coronavirus variant has caused reinfection in South Africa
Fauci: “When we were communicating with our many scientific and public health colleagues in South Africa, they were telling us over the phone ‘something strange is going on right now, we have people who were infected several months ago, who now with this new strain are getting reinfected, which is telling you that the immune response induced to the first infection wasn’t good enough to prevent the second infection”
https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-01-30-21/index.html More...
The NEU’s June 2020 plan for restarting UK education is as valid now as it was then
A ten-point plan for children and young people
- Disadvantaged children and young people and their families must be a key priority.
Britain finally closes its borders to coronavirus – 1 year too late
“UK shuts travel corridors and requires negative Covid tests to enter
All foreign arrivals will also have to quarantine in toughening of measures in response to new strains
The UK is to close all access to the country for overseas travellers without proof of a recent negative coronavirus test and 10 days of quarantine, shutting all travel corridors, Boris Johnson has announced. More...
UK SIREN Study: 6,000 previously positive Covid health workers studied, 44 reinfections found
“The Siren Study has collected a really important UK healthcare worker dataset to look at reinfection risk – a point of considerable ongoing concern to healthcare workers and the rest of us. More...
Spike E484K mutation in the first SARS-CoV-2 reinfection case confirmed in Brazil
On December 9th [2020], the Brazilian Ministry of Health (MoH) recognised the first case of reinfection in the country. More...
Little evidence of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection in study of 12,500 health workers
Antibody Status and Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Health Care Workers
“A total of 12,541 health care workers participated and had anti-spike IgG measured; 11,364 were followed up after negative antibody results and 1265 after positive results, including 88 in whom seroconversion occurred during follow-up. More...