Against the background of mass vaccinations in Britain, people under 50 have the chance of dying from the delta strain of the coronavirus (formerly called “Indian”) has dropped to 0.0097%. Writes about this in Twitter Public Health England virologist Meegan Kell, citing a new report from that health organization. “Okay, and before someone writes:” […]
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Cuba claims impressive efficacy of its Abdala anti-coronavirus vaccine
Cuba has announced the interim results of phase III clinical trials for its Abdala anti-coronavirus vaccine, which is administered three times a month (on days 0, 14 and 28). The effectiveness of a biological product with such a scheme is over 92%, according to the state-owned BioCubafarma Group. They did not specify what this […]
Delta strain rampant in Indonesia: Reuters reports on breakthrough cases of CoronaVac vaccine protection
More than 350 doctors in Indonesia have contracted the coronavirus despite being vaccinated with CoronaVac from Sinovac Biotech, and “dozens” of them have been hospitalized. The reason is probably a more infectious and virulent delta strain (Δ, aka B.1.617.2, first discovered in India), writes Reuters, citing health authorities in the city of Kudus, Central Java […]
The risk of hospitalization from the Δ-strain of coronavirus is almost three times higher than from the “first” mutant
Coronavirus disease from the delta strain (formerly referred to in the media as “Indian”) leads to a significant increase in the risk of hospitalization. After checking cases with the disease from March 29 to May 20 and decrypting 38,805 samples of the virus genomes, this was the conclusion reached by British health care, according to […]
WHO to rename coronavirus strains in Greek letters to avoid country discrimination
The World Health Organization has announced a new COVID-19 variant naming system. This is reported on the WHO website. From now on, WHO will use Greek letters to refer to variants first discovered in countries such as the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil and India. The British variant is designated Alpha, the South African variant […]
CoronaVac vaccine against the “Amazon” strain of coronavirus: results from Brazil
The effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine from Sinovaс Biotech in the country affected by the “Brazilian” strain of coronavirus after two doses reaches only 42% protection against COVID-19 with symptoms. We are talking about the effectiveness in the elderly from 70 years and older, write in the preprint of the study on medRxiv. For […]
The genomes of the “Spanish” flu virus have been deciphered: evidence of its evolution has been found
A century later, an international team of scientists deciphered the genetic code of the Spanish flu virus that led to the pandemic. Samples for analysis were taken from the lung tissue of two German soldiers, 17 and 18 years old, who died on June 27, 1918 from the “Spanish flu” in Berlin, and a 17-year-old […]
The Coronavirus Disaster In India. Reason – “perfect Storm”, According To Who: Factors
The spike in the incidence of COVID-19 that hit India’s health system this spring was driven by a combination of factors, not just the spread of a more infectious and less immunocompromised strain. This was stated by the representative of the World Health Organization Tarik Yasharevich, writes Reuters. One of the main causes of […]
If You Have Had A Coronavirus Disease Caused By A Non-brazilian Strain
If you have had a coronavirus disease caused by a non-Brazilian strain of SARS-CoV-2, then the effectiveness of your protection against re-infection with this mutant is from 54% to 79%. This conclusion was reached by an international group of scientists, their research was published by the journal Science. Despite the fact that in Manaus, […]