#B1617

Prof. Christina Pagel

THREAD on B1617 from COG data:Yesterday I did some tweets about the growth of B1617 ("India") and its subtypes in the community using data from the Sanger Inst (England only).https://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/13893499047708139

Kit_Yates_Maths

A short thread on variants.There are a number of cases of variants of concern (VOC) and variants under investigation (VUI) in the UK.Here I will focus on just four of

Dr. Lisa Iannattone

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Informative thread on B1617 in England. I disagree that the only thing that matters is that vaccines protect against severe outcomes. If vaccines are less effective against non-severe illness, the

15 cases of B1617.2 ( variant) in care home in London a week after 2nd dose of Oxford/AZ- likely too soon for full effectiveness0 deaths.Chance of this outcome without vaccine

Prof. Christina Pagel

THREAD on VARIANTS, VACCINES & POTENTIAL FUTURES:I’ve been looking at data on sequenced variants. I’ve also been thinking about our vax programme & India. TLDR: the Indian variant needs to

ABS-CBN News Channel

BREAKING: DOH confirms that COVID-19 B.1.617 variant, which was first detected in India, is now in the Philippines. | via @_katrinadomingo DOH Usec. Maria Rosario Vergeire on presence of COVID-19

Prof. Christina Pagel

THREAD update on variants:Today PHE released more variant data (& split the B1617 ("Indian") variant into 3 subtypes).Big increase with 400 overall cases in UK - closing in on B1351

We are in the middle of a ferocious second wave of Covid in India.It seems pointless to do postmortems. But one thing that has bothered me enormously over the last three months

B.1.617 is the nameFind more information on the lineage at https://cov-lineages.org/lineages/lineage_B.1.617.html This lineage is defined by 15 genetic variants including 6 Spike protein variants.Two variants of these 6 (E484Q and

Here’s why we need to keep an eye on the South African variant:https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/covid-19-variants-south-african-strain-is-causing-the-most-concern-for-uk-scientists-965679 As a post-script: I’ve had some people asking m

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Here is your terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad, Friday AB COVID analysis. 1/ (apologies to Alexander). Yest Case #s 1713. Below Wed's record count, but still up from last week's

Prof. Christina Pagel

Short THREAD on Covid-19 Variants in ENGLAND: The Sanger Institute has just released webpages that let you explore genomes that they sequences every week... I had a look - two

Eric Feigl-Ding

Dear Dr @drharshvardhan — you are unfit to be the Health Minister of India .Please RESIGN. #COVID19India #COVID19 https://twitter.com/ndtv/status/1387692105628209163 2) meanwhile, in another country like Jordan , their health minister

YOUPI on déconfine, et le 30/6 tout sera fini et on vivra comme avant ! Elle est pas belle la vie ? #Deconfinement CAR "nous assumons notre stratégie de vivre