Tag: covid
UK: Vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections is 23% in Technical Briefing 22
The latest UK PHE Technical Briefing 22 has just been published, and it shows that the vaccine breakthrough rate for Delta infections in the UK continues to increase. More...
Malaysia: 18% vaccine breakthrough of cases in August 2021
About 17.8 per cent, or 68,629 of 385,542 new Covid-19 cases reported in Malaysia since August 12, were fully vaccinated. More...
UK: The Alpha variant rears its ugly head again
A big surprise in the latest UK sequencing figures show that the Alpha variant has made something of a comeback this week. More...
Vaccine breakthrough cases in Washington State to 1st September 2021
This week’s update from Washington State showing vaccine breakthrough cases and which Sars-CoV-2 variant is causing them up to 1st September 2021. More...
Symptomatic Delta Covid infection rate far higher in fully vaccinated healthcare workers
“..our data suggest that vaccine effectiveness against any symptomatic disease is considerably lower against the delta variant and may wane over time since vaccination.” More...
COVID-19 virus in the penis long after the initial infection in humans
Our study is the first to demonstrate the presence of the COVID-19 virus in the penis long after the initial infection in humans. More...
Minnesota: 30% vaccine breakthrough in August 2021
“Nearly 30% of coronavirus infections in the first four weeks of August have involved people who were fully vaccinated, according to Minnesota breakthrough COVID-19 data released Monday. More...
WHO designates B.1.621 as a variant of interest named “Mu”
Based on the latest round of assessments, B.1.621 was classified as a VOI on 30 August 2021 and given the WHO label “Mu”. More...
UK: 30% vaccine breakthrough rate reported by Covid App
According to ZOE COVID Study incidence figures, there are currently 51,961 new daily symptomatic cases of COVID in the UK on average, based on PCR and LFT test data from up to five days ago. More...
New C.1.2 variant mutating 41 times a year, twice as fast other known Sars-CoV-2 variants
Scientists first detected C.1.2 in May 2021, finding that it was descended from C.1, which scientists found surprising as C.1 had last been detected in January. More...