Tag: covid
Israel: booster vaccine jab rollout begins – third vaccination in 8 months for some
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on Thursday the world’s first vaccination drive to inoculate people over 60 with a third Covid vaccine dose, starting Sunday. More...
USA: Washington State Vaccine Breakthroughs by Variant up to 28th July 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 28th July 2021. More...
NEJM: Vaccine breakthrough infections leading to long Covid
Among 1497 fully vaccinated health care workers, 39 SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections were documented. More...
CNN: CDC fails to publish data needed to judge risk of breakthrough infection
“The CDC has tracked serious infections requiring hospitalization and deaths among fully vaccinated people. More...
USA: Sars-CoV-2 antibodies detected in 33% of White-Tailed Deer samples
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were detected in 33% of the 481 samples collected from January 2020 through 2021. More...
UK: active Covid-19 cases are still rising sharply according to Zoe app
The UK government have been trumpeting lower daily Covid-19 infection numbers on their dedicated coronavirus portal (below) for a week, but the UK Covid-19 app Zoe is showing that the number of active cases is still rising sharply. More...
Israel: Are recovered Covid patients more protected than the vaccinated?
Since 1st May 2021 in Israel, 72 people who previously had Covid-19 were infected again, accounting for 1% of confirmed new cases, while 3,000 people who were vaccinated have been infected, which represents 40% of confirmed new cases. More...
Canada: Two mink test positive for Covid-19 – four mink found roaming farm after escaping their cages
Two more mink have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus from a Fraser Valley, British Columbia, farm already under quarantine from positive tests in May. More...
CDC: the next variant could eventually evade our vaccine
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky spells out what the next Sars-CoV-2 variant after Delta may be capable of
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England: Care home Covid-19 deaths double in a fortnight
More...Latest Care Home (CH) COVID death data (to last Friday) unfortunately shows a significant increase (doubled in a fortnight) after several low weeks.