Category: Omicron
UK: It’s the largest Covid wave EVER *8 UPDATES*
Nearly two hundred and seventy thousand symptomatic cases recorded in a single day in Britain. More...
BA.4: Recombinant of Omicron BA.1 and BA.3
Potential BA.4 lineage with a mix of BA.1 and BA.3 mutations, 5 sequences found in South Africa and USA. More...
Cambodia: Omicron “spreading like wildfire”
Omicron is spreading like wildfire across Cambodia.
“Before Omicron variant came into the country, we were confident of shifting the Covid-19 pandemic to endemic. More...
Israel: New BA.1/BA.2 recombinant variant discovered
The Israeli Health Ministry has announced that two cases of a previously unknown recombinant SARS-CoV-2 variant have been discovered in Israel in recent days.
Preprint: Evidence for Delta and Omicron recombination in the US
We also identified two independent cases of infection by a Delta-Omicron recombinant virus, where 100% of the viral RNA came from one clonal recombinant. More...
Denmark Covid-19 Trends Report – Week 10
Denmark’s Covid-19 trends report for Week 10 of 2022 shows BA.2_H78Y is stable at about 27% of sequences for the third week in a row. More...
UK wakes up to a new Covid wave amid Russian-style news blackouts
Just two and half weeks since Boris Johnson announced to the UK Houses of Parliament that Britain would be dropping almost all Covid restrictions, the virus has bounced back, and the UK is facing yet another fresh wave of disease and death. More...
Lancet: 18 million dead from the Sars-Cov-2 pandemic
Although reported COVID-19 deaths between Jan 1, 2020, and Dec 31, 2021, totalled 5·94 million worldwide, we estimate that 18·2 million people died worldwide because of the COVID-19 pandemic (as measured by excess mortality) over that period. More...
Preprint: Identification of a Deltacron AY.4/BA.1 cluster in southern France
Structural analysis of the recombinant spike suggested its hybrid content could optimize viral binding to the host cell membrane. More...
Hong Kong: Omicron BA.2 with S:I1221T mutation designated BA.2.2
The dominant BA.2 lineage in Hong Kong with the spike mutation at I1221T has been designated BA.2.2. More...