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UKHSA Technical Briefing 31, dated 10th December 2021

“If Omicron continues to grow at the present rate, Omicron is projected to reach parity with Delta in mid-December.” More...

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UKHSA bombshell: Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against the Omicron variant

“Among those who had received 2 doses of [AstraZeneca], there was NO protective effect of vaccination against symptomatic disease with Omicron from 15 weeks after the second dose.” More...

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UK: Omicron infections could exceed one million by New Year

The UK Health Security Agency estimates that the number of infections will be around 20 times higher than the number of confirmed cases and so the number of infections is closer to 10,000. More...

December 9, 2021 Coronaheadsup.com B.1.1.529, Coronavirus, England, Genome, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Omicron, PCR, Scotland, Testing, Transmission, UK, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Omicron: 73% attack rate at Oslo restaurant superspreader event

As of 8th December, around 70 % of just over 100 participants at a Christmas party held on 26 November at a restaurant in Oslo have been subsequently diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2. More...

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UK SAGE: “it is highly likely there are currently thousands of new omicron infections per day in the UK”

“it is highly likely there are currently thousands of new omicron infections per day in the UK. More...

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UKHSA updated risk assessment for Omicron variant, 8th December 2021

The UK government has updated its risk assessment for the Omicron variant today. More...

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Preprint: Omicron incompletely escapes immunity induced by the Pfizer vaccine

Laboratory research from South Africa strongly suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant escapes antibody immunity induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccine, but that considerable immunity is retained in people who were both vaccinated and previously infected. More...