Category: Infection
Ghana: Marburg virus outbreak
Two fatal cases of Marburg virus disease have been reported from the Ashanti region of Ghana. More...
Preprint: Suspected cat-to-human transmission of SARS-CoV-2
A veterinarian in Thailand was diagnosed with COVID-19 after being sneezed on by an infected cat owned by an infected patient. More...
India: BA.2.75 centaurus outcompetes BA.5 in India
Big news from Nextstrain: the BA.2.75 variant, unofficially nicknamed Centaurus, is now outcompeting BA.5 in India. More...
WHO declares monkeypox a PHEIC as Tedros overrules advisors
One month too late.
The World Health Organisation have finally gotten round to declaring monkeypox a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but only after WHO chief Dr Tedros overrode the views of his own advisors! More...
Spain: Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Castilla y León
Spanish health authorities have confirmed a case of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever in the Castilla y León region. More...
EMA recommends the use of smallpox vaccine Imvanex for monkeypox
“The safety profile of the medicine is favorable, with mild to moderate side effects, and the EMA committee concluded that the benefits of the medicine outweigh the risks.” More...
Preprint: Paediatric monkeypox patient with unknown source of infection *1 update*
“We describe a paediatric case of MPX in the Netherlands. More...
Preprint: Tunneling nanotubes provide a route for SARS-CoV-2 spreading
“Here, we investigated the neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV-2 and asked whether tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) could be involved in its intercellular spreading.” More...
US President Joe Biden has Covid-19 *1 update*
Biden, 79, is experiencing fatigue, a runny nose and a dry cough after testing positive. More...
China: Level four alert for bubonic plague *2 updates*
Level four alert for bubonic plague in Ningxia Hui, China. More...