Category: Omicron
Netherlands: BA.1.1/BA.2 recombinant designated XM
A recombinant SARS-CoV-2 variant originally sequenced in the Netherlandshas been designated XM. More...
France: Nearly 700,000 Covid reinfections reported
685,858 possible cases of reinfection identified between March 2, 2021 and March 20, 2022, of which 95.2% since December 6, 2021 (start of distribution of the Omicron variant in France). More...
Hong Kong: BA.2 causes 7 times more deaths among hospitalised children than flu
A study from University of Hong Kong found that 15 per cent of children hospitalised with Omicron BA.2 had developed neurological complications
According to the report, about 15 per cent of hospitalised youngsters who had contracted the sub-variant developed neurological complications and more than 6 per cent had respiratory complications, with 21 children being sent to paediatric intensive care. More...
Research: Natural antiviral found in broccoli, cabbage, brussels and cauliflower
“We evaluated the antiviral activity of sulforaphane (SFN), the principal biologically active phytochemical derived from glucoraphanin, the naturally occurring precursor present in high concentrations in cruciferous vegetables. More...
SARS-CoV-2: New recombinants designated XG, XH, XJ, XK and XL
SARS_CoV-2 recombinants are being designated almost on a daily basis now. More...
China: Shanghai empty on first day of Covid lockdown
Some pretty extraordinary images of Shanghai on it’s first day of Covid lockdown today. More...
Bill Gates: “Omicron, is a type of vaccine…”
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates was recently recorded as saying “Sadly, the virus itself, particularly, the variant called omicron, is a type of vaccine, that is, it creates both B-cell and T-cell immunity, and it’s done a better job getting out to the world population than we have with vaccines.” More...
UK: XE may have a growth rate ~10% greater than Omicron BA.2 *1 UPDATE*
“Early growth rates for XE were not significantly different from BA.2, but using the most recent data up to 16 March 2022, XE has a growth rate 9.8% above that of BA.2.” More...
Deltacron: XD and XF recombinants now ECDC Variants under Monitoring
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have added Deltacron recombinants XD and XF to their list of Variants under Monitoring. More...