Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Preprint: Omicron BA.1 infection in mink leads to symptomatic disease with lung pathology and transmission
Experimental infection of American mink with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.1 show that minks remain virus RNA positive for days, develop clinical signs and histopathological changes, and transmit the virus to uninfected recipient. More...
UK: Second Deltacron recombinant reported – Delta AY.4 and Omicron BA.1
Another Deltacron variant has been reported in the UK today, this one combining the Delta variant AY.4 and the Omicron variant BA.1. More...
UK Covid dashboard figures “totally misleading and should be abandoned”
The head of the ZOE Covid app in Great Britain, Tim Spector, took aim at the UK government’s Covid dashboard figures today, saying they are “totally misleading and should be abandoned”. More...
Hong Kong: Hamster-to-human reverse zoonosis involving Delta AY.127 and B.1.258 *1 UPDATE*
An interspecies spill-over in Hong Kong has triggered Covid transmission chains involving 58 patients epidemiologically linked to three pet shops. More...
Germany delays its Covid-19 vaccine mandate
Germany’s plans to introduce a general vaccination mandate this spring are faltering, as a growing number of politicians question if it will find a majority in parliament. More...
Denmark abandons its Covid-19 vaccination program
The Danish National Board of Health is to end its Covid-19 vaccination program.
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Preprint: Evidence of widespread data tampering in Covid-19 records
“Screening all countries in the WHO dataset for evidence of underdispersion yields 21 country with statistically significant underdispersion. More...
UK SAGE: Four scenarios for the evolution of the pandemic
UK SAGE have recently published a document outlining four different scenarios for the evolution of the pandemic in Britain. More...
USA: Deltacron recombinant – BA.1.1 collides with AY.119.2 – *1 UPDATE*
A second Deltacron recombinant variant derived from the Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 strains was announced by the UK earlier this week. More...
Denmark: New BA.2 subvariant with H78Y in ORf3a rises to 24% of all cases *3 UPDATES*
A new subvariant of BA.2 is seen, which has mutation H78Y in ORF3a, which amounts to approximately 24% of all cases, and together with BA.2 the 2 subvariants make up approximately 85% in week 5. More...