Vets reported an increasing number of dogs becoming violently ill with severe vomiting between December 2019 and March 2020. Researchers studying the outbreak now believe it was caused by an animal coronavirus, which humans cannot catch. The team of scientists led by
Research conducted by the public health institute Fiocruz into the variants circulating in Brazil found mutations in the spike region of the virus that is used to enter and infect cells. Those changes, the scientists said, could make the virus more resistant
Research conducted by the public health institute Fiocruz into the variants circulating in Brazil found mutations in the spike region of the virus that is used to enter and infect cells. Those changes, the scientists said, could make the virus more resistant
“From Thursday 15 April we will start testing people for this variant in specific postcode areas affected in N3 or those who shop on the local high street.” The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said some 44 confirmed cases of
Peter Openshaw, Professor of experimental medicine at Imperial College, has issued a stark warning about the spread of the variant of concern. He told BBC Newsnight lockdown restrictions would be put in place again regardless of the Government’s plans to ease them.
Outside of Brazil the largest cluster of the new strain is in Canada. Today scientists have said it was “inevitable” the Brazilian coronavirus variant would override strict quarantines implemented by the Canadian border controls. The scientists said the highly infectious new variants
Outside of Brazil the largest cluster of the new strain is in Canada. Today scientists have said it was “inevitable” the Brazilian coronavirus variant would override strict quarantines implemented by the Canadian border controls. The scientists said the highly infectious new variants
Two areas of South London are undergoing surge testing after a cluster of cases involving the South African variant were discovered. The cases were discovered in Wandsworth and Lambeth. Speaking on the BBC on Tuesday, Dr Julian Tang, Clinical Virologist at the
Two areas of South London are undergoing surge testing after a cluster of cases involving the South African variant were discovered. The cases were discovered in Wandsworth and Lambeth. Speaking on the BBC on Tuesday, Dr Julian Tang, Clinical Virologist at the
France has recorded more than 200,000 new cases of Covid in the last seven days, as President Emmanuel Macron orders a third national lockdown. Experts have now warned the more infectious Brazilian variant threatens to run rampant across the continent. France entered
