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SARS-CoV-2 in Angola from 23rd September 2019

“Our findings demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2-reactive antibodies were detected in 40 out of 442 specimens, as early as September 23, 2019”

This retrospective study on blood specimens from measles patients collected from 23 September 2019 to 28 February 2020, reported from the 17 provinces of Angola, suggests evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection months before detection of the virus in Luanda, the epicenter of SARS-CoV-2 infection in Angola. More...

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Africa, Angola, Coronavirus, Evolution, Genome, Infection, Origins, PCR, Testing, Transmission, Vaccine

Denmark: Omicron BA.2_H78Y found in nearly 30% of samples – up 5% in one week

Denmark’s SSI has just released its latest Covid trend report which shows that the BA.2_H78Y subvariant of Omicron now appears in almost 30% of all sequences. More...

February 17, 2022March 24, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.2.H78Y, Denmark, Genome, Infection, Omicron, Transmission

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...

February 17, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Animals, Deaths, Europe, Finland, Infection, Mink, Reservoir, Side Effects, Superspreader events, Symptoms, Testing, Transmission, Zoonosis

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...

February 17, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com AY.4, BA.1, Coronavirus, Deltacron, England, Europe, Genome, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Recombination, Scotland, UK, Wales

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...

February 17, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.1.1, BA.2, Deaths, Delta, England, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Omicron, PCR, Propaganda, Reinfection, Scotland, Testing, Transmission, UK, Vaccine Breakthrough, Wales

Australia: possible Queensland Deltacron cluster identified 1 UPDATE

We’ve seen several sequences collected early this year in Queensland, Australia being called Omicron unassigned by Pangolin and show similar patterns: ORF1ab mutations are more like from Delta with high alternate freq. More...

February 14, 2022February 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Australasia, Australia, BA.1, BA.2, Coronavirus, Delta, Deltacron, Genome, Infection, Omicron, Queensland, Recombination, Transmission

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...

February 13, 2022February 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1.1, Coronavirus, Delta, England, Genome, Infection, Omicron, Recombination, Transmission, UK, USA, Variants

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...