Category: BA.2
Preprint: Omicron BA.2 is more pathogenic than BA.1
“Infection experiments using hamsters show that BA.2 is more pathogenic than BA.1”
Statistical analysis shows that the effective reproduction number of BA.2 is 1.4-fold higher than that of BA.1. More...
Australia: possible Queensland Deltacron cluster identified *1 UPDATE*
We’ve seen several sequences collected early this year in Queensland, Australia being called Omicron unassigned by Pangolin and show similar patterns: ORF1ab mutations are more like from Delta with high alternate freq. More...
Denmark: Covid cases and hospitalizations by vaccine status *33 UPDATES*
A new thread that will be watching Denmark’s Covid figures. More...
Deltacron lives! Recombination between Delta and Omicron confirmed in the UK
The UKHSA have confirmed they are monitoring a recombinant variant of Delta and Omicron in the UK. More...
Denmark: Unvaccinated infections double overnight!
Denmark has updated its Covid dashboard overnight and, as if by magic, they seem to have conjured up 20,245 unvaccinated people to add to their infection statistics, almost doubling the previous figure. More...
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: 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...
Omicron specific booster no better than standard Moderna booster when tested on macaque monkeys
“Omicron boost may not provide greater immunity or protection compared to a boost with the current mRNA-1273 vaccine”
A study in monkeys showed an omicron-specific booster was not significantly different from Moderna’s conventional booster. More...
Denmark: Omicron BA.2 predicted to cause 100% of infections within 10 days
Denmark’s Statens Serum Institut have published a report on the growth of the BA.2 sub-lineage. More...
UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 5, 2022
The latest vaccine surveillance 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 5, 2022. More...