Category: Vaccine Breakthrough
UK: one week until B.1.617.2 Delta coronavirus variant takes off
9th June 2021: If the previous waves of Sars-CoV-2 in the UK are anything to go by, Britain is less than one week away from the B16172 Delta variant exploding into another full-blown national health crisis. More...
Massachusetts: more than 4,300 coronavirus breakthrough cases reported – up 28% in a week
There have been more than 4,300 breakthrough cases reported in Massachusetts as of May 31, according to the state Department of Public Health. More...
Oregon: vaccine breakthrough cases up 65% in May 2021
Through May 31 2021, Oregon Health Authority identified 1,009 COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough cases. More...
India: 1.6% coronavirus vaccine breakthrough rate in study of healthcare workers
India’s largest yet data analysis of the so-called breakthrough infections after inoculation with Covishield [AstraZeneca] has found that 16 in every 1,000 fully vaccinated healthcare workers developed Covid-19 infections, about threefold the incidence observed in a US study after Pfizer or Moderna doses. More...
Preprint: Prevalent evidence of coronavirus variant B.1.617.2 Delta in post-vaccinated individuals in India
“We sequenced all samples of vaccination-breakthrough cases at NCDC, Delhi, over the period of the study. More...
UK: government risk assessment of coronavirus Delta variant B.1.617.2 – evidence of frequent vaccine failure or decreased effectiveness in humans * UPDATED *
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- * UK risk assessment for Delta variant as per 10th June 2021
Previous UK risk assessment as per 3rd June 2021
The UK government risk assessment for B.1.617.2 Delta variant has been published today and it’s NOT good news. More...
Preprint: “Antigenic minimalism as an emerging evolutionary strategy for coronavirus to evade immune responses”
“..we generated clinically annotated SARS-CoV-2 whole genome sequences and identified deletions within this NTD antigenic supersite in a patient with vaccine breakthrough infection (Δ156-164) and other deletions from unvaccinated severe COVID-19 patients that could represent emerging deletion-prone regions. More...
Finland: 80% vaccine breakthrough in hospital with B16172 Delta coronavirus variant – PPE no longer effective – UPDATED
In Kanta-Häme hospital epidemic, about 80% of those infected with corona have received at least the first dose of vaccine. More...
USA: Coronavirus vaccine breakthrough infections are potentially contagious
Researchers reported that among 20 fully-vaccinated healthcare workers with vaccine breakthrough COVID-19 cases, all were infected with coronavirus variants. More...
Singapore: Changi Airport coronavirus cluster – 18 patients with 61% vaccine breakthrough rate
Eleven out of 18 positive patients were vaccinated, at least 6 are infected with the B.1.617 variant. More...