Category: PCR
Man tests positive for Covid 28 times in the six weeks AFTER his death
The body of a Ukrainian man who died from drowning in Italy tested positive for Covid-19 as many as 28 times in the six weeks after his death. More...
Preprint: Recurrent Covid-19 episodes in HCW tended to be more severe
We describe 33 patients with recurrent COVID-19 and a positive PCR. More...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Research: Red foxes infected with SARS-CoV-2
Here, we demonstrate that following experimental inoculation with SARS-CoV-2, red fox (Vulpes vulpes) become infected and can shed virus in oral and respiratory secretions. More...
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies found in the unvaccinated after 20 months
Research into the durability of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in unvaccinated people has found that they may last for twenty months or more following infection. More...
Denmark: BA.2 infection risk higher in vaccinated and booster vaccinated households
SSI: “vaccinated people have a higher risk of becoming infected with BA.2 compared to BA.1”
The study finds an overall secondary attack rate of 39% in BA.2 infected households compared to 29% in BA.1 infected households. More...
France: Two wild badgers and three martens test positive for Sars-CoV-2
In Brittany, seropositivity for SARS-CoV-2 was detected in five wild mustelids out of 32 animals tested. More...