Tag: SSI
Denmark: 20% vaccine breakthrough rate in August 2021
Of the 9,253 breakthrough infections, 375 people have been admitted to hospital within 14 days of a positive PCR test for Covid-19. More...
Adenovirus-induced thrombocytopenia – aspiration before vaccination with coronavirus vaccines!
Dr John Campbell discusses the need for aspiration before coronavirus vaccination, and the technique for doing so. 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...
Antigen coronavirus tests of 117,670 people gave 47% false negatives
A large, new survey of 117,670 people from Denmark’s Statens Serum Institut (SSI) showed that PCR tests found 4,069 positive samples but subsequent antigen tests captured only 2,159 of them. More...
Denmark: 2 cases of B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant found with E484K mutation
Denmark has found the first two cases of the UK coronavirus variant B.1.1.7, which has been mutated to have reduced sensitivity to antibodies, says Minister of Health Magnus Heunicke (S). More...
Denmark’s SSI recommends changes to syringe injection method for coronavirus vaccines
“Usually one does not need to aspirate before injecting a vaccine. More...
Older people are more contagious for coronavirus
Older people are more contagious
Denmark’s SSI study shows that no matter how much virus the first infected person in a household had, the older the first infected person was, the more other household members became infected with SARS-CoV-2. More...
Denmark’s SSI: Even people with a very low amount of coronavirus are able to infect other household members
Impossible to set minimum limit for risk of infection
Based on laboratory studies, where Ct values are compared with the ability to grow viruses in cell cultures, several researchers have proposed a “cut-off” or a minimum limit of the Ct value of 30 for infectiousness. More...
First case of the P.1 Brazil coronavirus variant found in Denmark with mutations N501Y, K417T & E484K
Denmark’s SSI: The Technical University of Denmark, DTU, has found a case of the P1 variant, which was originally detected in Brazil. More...
SSI: B117 is now the dominant coronavirus variant in Denmark after explosive growth
The proportion of people infected with B.1.1.7 increased from 4% in early January to 45% in the second week of February. More...