A new highly transmissible and dangerous HIV variant has been discovered in the Netherlands, confirming scientists’ worst expectations. An international collaborative study, led by researchers from the University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute, identified 109 cases of the new ‘virulent subtype B’ (VB) variant after analyzing more than 6,700 positive …
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 »WATCH: Passengers stuck on plane from SA as ‘super-mutant’ Covid panic spreads
The two flights touched down in Schiphol Airport on Friday morning, but passengers face a long wait to disembark, NOS reported. All 600 passengers will be given PCR tests and will have to remain on the plane or elsewhere in the airport until their results come back, with the final …
Read More »New ‘super mutant’ COVID strain prompts EU to seek air travel ban
In a tweet on Friday, EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc would be taking emergency action. “The Commission will propose, in close coordination with Member States, to activate the emergency brake to stop air travel from the southern African region due to the variant of concern …
Read More »‘Super mutant’ Covid strain triggers emergency response
The global health body’s technical head on Covid-19, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, announced the upcoming meeting on Thursday during a live-streamed Q&A session, saying experts would gather Friday to talk about the new strain, dubbed B.1.1.529, which has now been detected in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong. “Our technical …
Read More »Indian ‘double-mutant’ Covid-19 variant adds 55 infections in UK as strain that ‘evades immune system’ reaches Belgium
The latest figure, reported by Public Health England on Thursday, puts the total number of B.1.617 Covid-19 strain cases in the UK to 132, an increase from 77 reported a week ago. Earlier this week, the UK added India to its travel ‘red list’ over the new coronavirus strain, which …
Read More »Dumping people in quarantine hotels to stop the spread of potential mutant Covid strains shows that paranoia now rules UK policy
As the British government deliberates over a decision to force everyone arriving in the UK into hotel quarantine, it all seems so familiar… and that’s because this issue has been with us before and BoJo made a balls-up of it then. So, here we are, revisiting the same problem with …
Read More »Florida detects first case of mutant UK Covid-19 strain as state smashes daily infection record with 17,100+ positive tests
“Florida has evidence of the first identified case of the UK Covid-19 variant in Martin County,” the state’s health department announced in a tweet late on Thursday, adding “The individual is a male in his 20s with no history of travel.” The health agency noted, however, that it anticipates “little …
Read More »Corruption 2029 – a beautiful game from the developers of Mutant Year Zero
The Bearded Ladies Consulting 1.5 years ago released a great game Mutant Year Zero, which could boast not only a tactical component, but also an interesting plot, setting and characters. So, when they announced the release of the draft Corruption 2029 from the same developers, many expected bright continue. In …
Read More »Corruption 2029 – a beautiful game from the developers of Mutant Year Zero
The Bearded Ladies Consulting 1.5 years ago released a great game Mutant Year Zero, which could boast not only a tactical component, but also an interesting plot, setting and characters. So, when they announced the release of the draft Corruption 2029 from the same developers, many expected bright continue. In …
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