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PARIS, France (AFP) — No new variants of Covid-19 emerged in Beijing in the weeks after China ended its zero-Covid policy late last year, a new study said on Wednesday. China saw an explosion of infections after starting to lift its strict pandemic measures from early December, sparking fears the world’s most populous country could become a fertile breeding ground for new, more transmissible or severe strains. More than a dozen countries promptly imposed fresh […]
PARIS, June 22, 2022 (AFP) – by Isabelle Tourne, Isabelle Cortes and AFP European bureaus A resurgence of Covid-19 cases in Europe, this time driven by new, fast-spreading Omicron subvariants, is once again threatening to disrupt people’s summer plans. Several Western European nations have recently recorded their highest daily case numbers in months, due in part to Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5. The increase in cases has spurred calls for increased vigilance across a continent […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Experts said Monday that an alleged hybrid coronavirus mutation dubbed “Deltacron” reportedly discovered in a Cyprus lab is most likely the result of a lab contamination, and not a new worrying variant. Cypriot media reported the discovery Saturday, describing it as having “the genetic background of the Delta variant along with some of the mutations of Omicron”. While it is possible for coronaviruses to genetically combine, it is rare, and […]
by Marianne BARRIAUX with Agence France Presse bureaus The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Thursday that “more dangerous” variants of Covid-19 could tear across the world as global infections soared to half a million daily, largely driven by the virulent Delta strain. An AFP tally of official sources found that after an initial dip, cases have been rising again worldwide since the end of June, topping 540,000 on Tuesday and again on Wednesday. “The […]
No local Delta variant case, DOH assures, as strict border controls were able to check cases’ entry (Eagle News) — Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said that the Lambda COVID-19 variant has not yet been detected in the country, while the highly infectious Delta variant has been contained in the country and there is no more active case of this variant. “Iyong Lambda variant, wala, pa ho tayo nito. Hindi pa ho ito natutuklasan […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines detected 39 more COVID-19 variant cases in the country, including four cases of the Delta variant, the highly infection double mutation variant first found in India. This brings the total Delta variant cases in the country to 17. The Department of Health (DOH), the University of the Philippines – Philippine Genome Center (UP-PGC), and the University of the Philippines – National Institutes of Health (UP-NIH) also reported on […]
Avoid mass gatherings to avoid virus transmission, mutation, Dr. Gloriani says (Eagle News) — The head of the vaccine expert panel said that the presence of more transmissible variants in the country, including the latest B.1.617.2 first detected in India, is enough reason for the public not to let their guard down even if Metro Manila and surrounding provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna and Rizal have shifted into General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened […]
Vaccine arrival has led public complacency in observing health protocols – WHO https://youtu.be/Y_zIWHW8VMc (Eagle News) — “Vaccine optimism” that led to public complacency and lax observance of minimum health protocols in the country, coupled with the presence of the three highly infectious SARS-CoV2 variants, are the primary reasons for the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in the Philippines, according to the World Health Organization’s country representative. “The one factor is what I would […]
Says COVID-19 virus mutations in Cebu, a “real cause of concern” https://youtu.be/sejSGRVwIts (Eagle News) – The presence of new virus mutations confirmed in Central Visayas, particularly in Cebu, is a “real cause of concern” for the entire country, especially in Metro Manila where there is more concentration of people, according to the UP-OCTA Research team. Dr. Guido David, head of the UP Octa-Research Team, also said that President Rodrigo Duterte should take into consideration […]
Investigation underway as “containment measures” put in place (Eagle News) – Health authorities found two new mutations of the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, amid an alarming rise in cases in Cebu. The Department of Health regional office in Central Visayas referred to the two mutations as “variants of concern.” Dr, Mary Jean Loreche, the spokesperson of DOG region 7 said the two new mutations were what could be called “variants under investigation.” The DOH regional […]
by Kelly MACNAMARA Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — To monitor changes to the coronavirus that could supercharge the pandemic or render vaccines less effective, scientists must sequence its genetic code to catalogue potentially dangerous mutations as they emerge. But so few countries are conducting and sharing surveillance that experts are as worried about the mutations they cannot see as those they can. Publication of the first genomic sequence of SARS-CoV-2 in January […]
