Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Denmark: Covid cases and hospitalizations by vaccine status *33 UPDATES*
A new thread that will be watching Denmark’s Covid figures. More...
Deltacron lives! Recombination between Delta and Omicron confirmed in the UK
The UKHSA have confirmed they are monitoring a recombinant variant of Delta and Omicron in the UK. More...
Denmark: Unvaccinated infections double overnight!
Denmark has updated its Covid dashboard overnight and, as if by magic, they seem to have conjured up 20,245 unvaccinated people to add to their infection statistics, almost doubling the previous figure. More...
UK: Prince Charles reinfected with Covid-19
Prince Charles has tested positive for Covid-19 and is self-isolating. More...
SARS-CoV-2 variant found in Antarctic soil samples from 2018-2019 *1 UPDATE*
“Here we report the bioinformatic analysis of a metagenome sample set collected from soil on King George Island, Antarctica between 2018-12-24 and 2019-01-13. More...
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in human testes
“The virus remains infective after a long infection period in the testes (viral reservoir)”
This is the first study that shows:
1) the high SARS-CoV-2 tropism to the testis
2) one mode of SARS-CoV-2 entrance in testes
3) SARS-CoV-2 preferred infection and replication in spermatogonia and macrophages
4) that the virus remains infective after a long infection period in the testes (viral reservoir)
5) high levels of angiotensin II and activated mast cells and macrophages are critical players in promoting all testicular alterations
6) the more extended severe condition, the lower the number of surviving germ cells
7) fluctuation in several essential testicular genes
8) that the intratesticular testosterone levels are 30 times reduced in testes of COVID-19 patients
9) the prevalent types of collagen present in SARS-CoV-2 mediated testicular fibrosis
10) the fluctuation of vasoconstrictive peptides in testes of COVID-19 critically ill patients
Medrxiv Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 infects, replicates, elevates angiotensin II and activates immune cells in human testes
Has Omicron broken the 120 day SARS-CoV-2 global wave cycle?
Has the 120 global Covid wave cycle been broken by the Omicron variant? More...
Scotland: Covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status, January 2022 *1 UPDATE*
Scotland’s latest information dump on cases, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status continues to show a big disparity between unvaccinated patients and those that have been double and triple jabbed. More...
UK: Massive under-reporting of infections in official figures *4 UPDATES*
“Confirmed case data is missing thousands of LFT results, leading to massive under-reporting.” More...
Sheep infected with SARS-CoV-2
Our results showed that sheep-derived kidney cells support SARS-CoV-2 replication. More...