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SAGE got it wrong – schools have incubated the deadly new UK SARS-CoV-2 variant B117 after being told to stay open
“..the total number of confirmed cases in pupils increases following the half term break in all regions. More...
Independent Sage: Place all regions of England in Tier 4 to suppress spread of coronavirus
Independent Sage:
#We believe that the government must immediately:
- Rescind a relaxation of the rules and ban household mixing on Christmas Day (apart from exemptions and pre-existing bubbles)
- Place all regions of England in Tier 4 to suppress spread of the virus as far as possible while scientists continue to learn more about the new variant.
SAGE: Keep UK secondary schools closed in January
SAGE scientists have urged Boris Johnson, the UK’s prime minister, to keep secondary schools closed in January because of concerns about a new, more virulent strain of coronavirus. More...
12 more UK B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant cases in Denmark, now 46 in total.
“The Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has received new sequencing results for the English virus variant SARS-CoV-2 Cluster B.1.1.7. More...
Estimated transmissibility and severity of novel SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern 202012/01 in England
“..the increase in transmissibility is likely to lead to a large increase in incidence, with COVID-19 hospitalisations and deaths projected to reach higher levels in 2021 than were observed in 2020, even if regional tiered restrictions implemented before 19 December are maintained”. More...
Coronavirus mutation B.1.1.7 has probably long been in Germany. The problem is laboratories don’t look closely enough.
“Richard Neher, who heads the Research Center Evolution of Bacteria and Viruses at the University of Basel, explains: The increase in the infectivity of the variant is “primarily estimated from the rate at which it displaces other variants”. More...
Professor Devi Sridhar: “The UK situation with this new variant is not good”
More...From everything I can gather, the UK situation with this new variant is not good.
The Alpha variant may have evolved within a chronically-infected individual
The unusual genetic divergence of lineage B.1.1.7 may have resulted, at least in part, from virus evolution with a chronically-infected individual
“What evolutionary processes or selective pressures might have given rise to lineage B.1.1.7? More...
New UK coronavirus mutation N501Y ‘identified in September’. Also seen in Denmark and Australia
A World Health Organisation (WHO) official has said a new strain of coronavirus in the South East was identified in September. More...
New UK coronavirus mutation “may be associated with rodent/mustelid adaptation”
“What else do we know about mutations at S:501 more generally? More...