Category: Health
Italian study: 66.6% of children of had at least one persisting coronavirus symptom between 60 & 120 days after infection (13 had one or two symptoms, 7 had three or more)
Twenty out of 30 children assessed between 60 and 120 days after initial COVID-19 had at least one persisting symptom. More...
CDC: Moderna’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine could lead to more side effects than Pfizer/BioNTech’s
New research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that people who receive Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine might experience more side effects than those who get Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine. More...
Latvia: 9 mink dead from coronavirus on Baltic Devon mink farm, worker also ill with Covid-19
SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus variants B.1.351 and P.1 escape from neutralizing antibodies
“In contrast, entry of the B.1.351 and P.1 variant was partially (Casirivimab) or fully (Bamlanivimab) resistant to antibodies used for COVID-19 treatment. More...
Israel detects resistance of South African coronavirus variant B.1.351 to Pfizer vaccine
An Israeli study released today in the country has shown that the South African variant of the coronavirus is more resistant than the British variant against the vaccine Pfizer, although it did not specify the degree of resistance. More...
China: Our vaccines “don’t have very high protection rates,” says the director of Chinese CCDC
China’s top disease control official says the effectiveness of Chinese vaccines is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost. More...
Drug synergy of combinatory treatment with remdesivir and the repurposed drugs fluoxetine and itraconazole effectively impairs SARS‐CoV‐2 coronavirus infection in vitro
More...We tested the antiviral potential of the antifungal itraconazole and the antidepressant fluoxetine on the production of infectious SARS‐CoV‐2 particles in the polarized Calu‐3 cell culture model and evaluated the added benefit of a combinatory use of these host‐directed drugs with the direct acting antiviral remdesivir, an inhibitor of viral RNA polymerase.
Ireland: Shops most commonly visited places listed by people later infected with coronavirus
The first comprehensive study of community transmission of Covid-19 in Ireland has identified shops as the most likely source of infection. More...
1,039 cases of Brazilian coronavirus variant P.1 reported in Canada
More...1/2 To date, ≥ 24,995 #VariantsOfConcern cases (↑8,131 since Apr.7), including 23,611 (↑8,112) B.1.1.7, 1,039 (↑16) P.1 & 345 (↑3) B.1.351 variants have been reported, with numbers highest in Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, & Quebec.
Germany: PEI reports 42 cases of CVST, 23 Thrombocytopenia, 8 dead after AstraZeneca VaxZevria coronavirus vaccination
“As of April 2, 2021, 42 cases of a central venous / sinus vein thrombosis reported after vaccination with Vaxzevria. More...