#Variant

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

A #SARSCoV2 variant with a combination of mutations in Spike (S13I, W152C, L452R) has been making headlines & twitter rounds today, so - a fresh-from-the-oven S:L452R focal build is

Dr Emma Hodcroft

firefoxx66

A case of the '#SouthAfrica' variant has been detected in the UK. There's also talk about a 501Y mutation in Wales.It's getting confusing!First: all 3 of these 501Y mutations are

Björn Meyer

_b_meyer

The mutation 501Y, which is present in both lineages from the UK (501Y.V1) and SA (501Y.V2) shows an increased affinity to the entry receptor Ace2. This was mainly known already.

Jacob Simmering

iacobus42

This is normally right thinking but I'm not sure it's right today. Evidence based medicine is an important paradigm - we don't normally want to overstep our evidence. But those

The Telegraph

Telegraph

The latest data shows up to 13 in 1000 people aged 60 who contract the variant strain could die, compared with 10 in 1000 who caught the original virus The

Tyler Shandro

shandro

#COVID19AB Alert: Testing is strongly encouraged for all persons in Alberta who have been in the United Kingdom or South Africa in the last 14 days, whether they have symptoms

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

The Imperial report on the new UK B117 strain is out. Very concerning findings, that highlight why we need to act on this *now*. These findings suggest that the situation

Dr. Angela Rasmussen

angie_rasmussen

With global spread, national border closures seem like a pretty facile solution to hypothetical more infectious variants that haven’t emerged yet or been imported. Int’l travel isn’t a selection pressure

Liam Thorp 💙

LiamThorpECHO

.@YvetteCooperMP points out that despite South African variant being identified 4 weeks ago, people can still fly into the UK from SA via places like Dubai or Istanbul, with no

Nick Loman

pathogenomenick

This is a bit unfair. An 8 day turnaround time is pretty amazing as sample currently has to go from testing site to diagnostic lab to sequencing centre as this

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

BREAKING—UK health minister gives new warning—that the other new South Africa #SARSCoV2 strain could be more infectious than even the new UK B117 strain. advisor says scientists not

Bojan Pancevski

bopanc

Big scoop: health ministers in EU’s pharma powers Germany,France,Italy & Netherlands joined forces to obtain vaccines for the bloc (kinda nascent EU Op Warpspeed) but their leaders forced them to

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

A very encouraging study done on our mRNA vaccines! Pfizer and Moderna vaccines provided strong immune responses against variant B.1.351 first identified in South Africa in those who recovered from

Simply Biochemistry

SimplyBiochem

1) THREAD - A summary of NERVTAG’s (the U.K. virus committee who advise the government) opinions on the ‘new U.K. strain’ of SARS-CoV-2. 2) We’ve previously discussed our opinions on

Mac n’ Chise 🧬🧫🦠

sailorrooscout

It is important to point out that the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine is effective against the B.1.1.7 variant and reduces virus shedding and transmission. With this most likely being the dominate strain,

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

Key questions-When will it end? No real sense of that, v striking no time limit was offered.-PM put a lot of emphasis on the new variant, saying the old measures

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