The study, published on Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), found that as the Delta variant became the dominant coronavirus strain during the second half of 2021, people who were vaccinated were six times less likely to catch Covid-19 than those who hadn’t been jabbed. …
Read More »CDC-backed study shows differences between Delta and Omicron
While a study out of southern California shows the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is much milder than the Delta, US health authorities continue to insist on vaccination, boosters and masking due to “strained” hospitals. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle Walensky shared on Wednesday the results …
Read More »Omicron-Delta ‘hybrid’ gets sinister name
A hybrid of the Delta and Omicron Covid-19 variants has reportedly been discovered in Cyprus and 25 cases of the virus have already been recorded. Critics of the discovery, however, allege it to be a mere case of contamination. University of Cyprus biological sciences professor Leondios Kostrikis dubbed the new …
Read More »Russian drug effective against both Delta & Omicron – scientists
The team of Russian scientists behind a new Covid-19 drug, Avifavir, have issued a statement in which they insist that it is highly effective against the two strains of coronavirus, Delta and Omicron, that are currently dominant. Covid-19, like most other ribonucleic acid (RNA) viruses, is known to be highly …
Read More »Catching both Delta and Omicron may result in super-mutant virus
Talking to the House of Commons Technologies and Science Committee members on Tuesday, Burton said that simultaneously contracting the two variants “certainly gives an opportunity for the two viruses to, what we call, recombinate,” which means that they could begin to “share genes and to swap genes over.” The danger …
Read More »Omicron mutations compared to Delta
The illustration of the new strain, unveiled by Italy’s Bambino Gesu hospital on Saturday, presents the Omicron in comparison with the Delta variant, one of the most contagious strains of Covid-19. The Omicron variant boasts significantly more mutations compared to Delta, particularly in the areas directly interacting with human cells. …
Read More »Covid strain ‘worse than Delta’ found in 3 countries
The latest known variant of Covid-19 has significant changes in its spikes, which could make it invincible to vaccination. It could be the most highly-evolved coronavirus strain yet, as 32 mutations have apparently been detected in it. The currently dominant, highly transmissible Delta strain, which has contributed to this year’s …
Read More »Scholars explain mysterious disappearance of Delta variant in Japan
In mid-August, Japan experienced a peak in Covid-19 infections, recording over 23,000 new cases per day. Now the metric is just around 170, with deaths attributed to the disease mostly remaining in single digits this month. The decline has been attributed by many to high vaccination rates, public acceptance of …
Read More »Covid vaccinations ‘not sufficient’ in preventing Delta variant spread, almost equal to unvaccinated – UK study
Researchers looked at over 600 people in the UK over the course of a year for the study, done by Imperial College London and the UK Health Security Agency (HSA) and published this week in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal. “Although vaccines remain highly effective at preventing severe disease and …
Read More »New Zealand to phase out ‘zero Covid’ strategy due to vaccination & difficulties with Delta variant
Since the start of the pandemic, the island nation has been implementing what became unofficially known as the ‘zero-Covid strategy’. New Zealand tried to entirely stamp out the virus from its territory through vigorous restrictions and surprised observers overseas by going into a snap lockdown in August after discovering just …
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