Category: Delta
Has Omicron broken the 120 day SARS-CoV-2 global wave cycle?
Has the 120 global Covid wave cycle been broken by the Omicron variant? More...
UK ONS: 2% of the British population have Long Covid
An estimated 1.3 million people living in private households in the UK (2.1% of the population) were experiencing self-reported long COVID as of 2 January 2022. More...
Israel: Vaccine passports cancelled for all cases except large gatherings
The Israeli Coronavirus Cabinet on Tuesday afternoon terminated the ‘Green Pass’ system, Israel’s COVID passport equivalent, for all cases except ‘high-risk’ events such as large weddings and gatherings. More...
Italy: €100 fines for the unvaccinated starting tomorrow
Italy will start to punish those over 50yrs who are not vaccinated with a fine of €100 from tomorrow. More...
UK: NHS vaccine mandate “no longer proportionate”
The UK Health Minister, Sajid Javid, has announced plans to scrap an order forcing all NHS staff in England to get vaccinated against Covid, in a U-turn that will prevent an exodus of many thousands of frontline health workers. More...
Norway: Covid infections by vaccination status in 2022 *1 UPDATE*
Norway has released its latest report on Covid infections by vaccination status, so we will be keeping track of those figures in this thread. More...
UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 3, 2022
The latest report by the UK Health and Security Agency giving figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period up to week 3, 2022. More...
Hong Kong: Transmission of Sars-CoV-2 Delta strain from hamsters to humans and onward human propagation of the adapted strain
Two separate transmission events from Syrian hamsters to humans are documented, one leading to onward household spread. More...
Denmark: Omicron, BA.1 and BA.2 Risk Assessment for January 2022
The full document “Risk assessment for the development of the Covid-19 epidemic” from Denmark’s SSI, dated 22nd January 2022, translated into English. More...
Denmark: 715 Covid deaths in the double and triple vaccinated, 607,000 breakthrough infections
From a vaccinated population of around 4.7 million people, 715 double and triple vaccinated individuals have died of Covid-19 in Denmark. More...