Category: PCR
India: Delta variant found in the brain of a dead wild leopard
Scientists from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute have detected Covid infection in a dead wild leopard cub in Uttar Pradesh. More...
Hong Kong: Hamsters test positive for Delta variant
Hong Kong has found evidence of possible animal-to-human coronavirus transmission at a pet shop where a worker was confirmed as the first untraceable Delta infection in three months, after multiple hamsters tested positive. More...
South Africa: Puma and 3 lions infected with Delta variant in Pretoria Zoo
Here we report infection of an exotic puma and three African lions in the same private zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. More...
France: B.1.640 declared a VOI after more than 500 cases found
Sars-CoV-2 variant B.1.640 has been reclassified as a Variant of Interest in France after a new risk assessment showed there have been more than 500 cases on the French mainland, with cases also discovered in the UK and Germany. More...
Some people still infectious with Covid after 68 days
A UK study has found that 13 per cent of people still exhibited clinically-relevant levels of virus after 10 days. More...
Italy: 2 cases of Deltacron reported, but they’re NOT recombinant variants
Two Deltacron cases have been reported in Italy, one in Padua and the other in Trento. More...
Faroe Islands: 63% breakthrough in triple vaccinated heathcare workers
21 out of 33 hospital employees from the National Hospital in the Faroe Islands were infected with Omikron at a private meeting in early December. More...
Omicron BA.1 + R346K has *more* escape than Omicron V1
Uuugh.
More...Here are calculated binding scores (see https://t.co/jIPbndSdqp to mouse over points for mutations).
Denmark: ~90% of Omicron cases are double or triple vaccinated *17 UPDATES*
Denmark’s SSI has revealed that the vast majority of people currently infected with the Omicron variant are double or triple vaccinated. More...
Omicron in Norway: a warning to the world
Norway’s latest Covid figures show soaring numbers of infections and hospital inpatients, with big increases in both ICU and ventilated patients. More...