Omicron Archives - Page 10 of 34

North Korea: Nearly 3 million Covid cases so far

Pyongyang, May 23: According to information of the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, more than 167,650 fevered persons (about 18,440 less than the previous day), over 267,630 recoveries (about 31,550 less than the previous day) and one death were reported from 18:00 of May 21 to 18:00 of May 22 throughout the country. More...

May 23, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, Coronavirus, Deaths, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, North Korea, Omicron, Transmission

China: First Omicron BA.4 case reported

China has reported its first case of the Omicron BA.4 variant. More...

May 22, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, BA.4, China, Coronavirus, Genome, Infection, Omicron, Testing, Transmission

Preprint: Enhanced Fusogenicity of BA.4, BA.5 and BA.2.12.1

“We found that the new Omicron subvariants BA.4/5 and BA.2.12.1 were more resistant to neutralization by mRNA-vaccinated and boosted health care worker sera and Omicron-BA.1-wave patient sera than were the BA.1 and BA.2 variants.” More...

May 18, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Asia, Australia, BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, BA.5, Coronavirus, Europe, Evolution, Genome, Infection, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Testing, Transmission, USA, Vaccine

Eric Topol: The Covid Capitulation

“The real number of cases is likely at least 500,000 per day, far greater than any of the US prior waves except Omicron. More...

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.2.12.1, Coronavirus, Deaths, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, Mutation, Omicron, Opinion, Transmission, USA

UK: Summer Covid wave incoming 1 Update

According to the ZOE COVID Study figures, on May 13th 2022, there were 116,609 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID in the UK on average. More...

May 15, 2022July 2, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.2, Coronavirus, England, Europe, Health, Infection, London, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Reinfection, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine Waning, Variants, Wales, XE

UK: Half a million people have sought Long Covid advice

Asthma and Lung UK said that over the last six months about half a million had visited its long COVID advice pages or called its helpline – and some sufferers are considering buying their own oxygen supplies. More...

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, England, Europe, Facemasks, Health, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Long Covid, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Scotland, Side Effects, Symptoms, Transmission, UK, Wales

France: Nearly one million Covid reinfections in a year

961,550 possible cases of Covid reinfection were identified in France between March 2, 2021 and April 24, 2022, of which 96.7% were since December 6, 2021. More...