Reduced #Likelihood of #Hospitalization with #JN1 or #HV1 #SARS-CoV-2 #Variants Compared to #EG5 Variant, J Infect Dis.: https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiae364/7717186?utm_source=advanceaccess&utm_campaign=jid&utm_medium=email&nbd=25018031857&nbd_source=campaigner

JN.1 and HV.1 variants may be associated with a lower #risk of severe illness. The severity of #COVID19 may have attenuated as predominant circulating SARS-CoV-2 lineages shifted from EG.5 to HV.1 to JN.1.

Reduced Likelihood of Hospitalization with the JN.1 or HV.1 SARS-CoV-2 Variants Compared to the EG.5 Variant

Within a viral genomic surveillance program, proportions of SARS-CoV-2 infections attributed to the JN.1 and HV.1 variants, compared to EG.5, were lower am

OUP Academic
#Macau, Serviços de Saúde apelam aos residentes para prestarem maior #atenção à #prevenção do vírus #influenza e da #COVID19 devido ao crescimento dos casos em Macau https://www.gcs.gov.mo/detail/pt/N24ALK8Q5a #EG5 #BA286 #JN1
NEWS GOV-MO: Serviços de Saúde apelam aos residentes para prestarem maior atenção à prevenção do vírus influenza e da COVID-19 devido ao crescimento dos casos em Macau

Os Serviços de Saúde afirmam que o vírus influenza, em Macau, está a tornar-se cada vez mais activo, o que significa que está a iniciar o período de pico da gripe, prevendo-se que a situação de infecção de gripe continue a aumentar. Ao mesmo tempo, a...

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#Italy is experiencing the Christmas #COVID19 wave, according latest Min. of Health data: +10% of cases compared last week, 60,000 confirmed, hospitalization rate stable, predominant variant #EG5, with #JN1 rising rapidly, https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2023/12/22/covid-londata-di-natale-oltre-60mila-casi-in-7-giorni-federfarma-richiesta-tamponi-20/7391507/
Covid, l’ondata di Natale: oltre 60mila casi in 7 giorni. Federfarma: “Richiesta tamponi…

L'indice Rt è vicino alla soglia della fase epidemica

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Breakthrough #infection elicits hypermutated IGHV3-53/3-66 public #antibodies with broad and potent neutralizing #activity against #SARS-CoV-2 variants including the emerging #EG5 lineages https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011856
Breakthrough infection elicits hypermutated IGHV3-53/3-66 public antibodies with broad and potent neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants including the emerging EG.5 lineages

Author summary The greatest challenge for the development of effective vaccines and antibody therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 is the rapid emergence of variants. Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) and vaccines that can elicit those antibodies are promising strategies to meet the challenge. Therefore, we focus on identification and characterization of bnAbs elicited by infection or vaccination in this study. From two convalescents of breakthrough infection, we discovered a serial of bnAbs (KXD01-06), which are able to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 from prototype to XBB lineages, and even to the emerging EG.5. Notably, these bnAbs are prevalent in the two convalescents and their neutralization breadth is developed through extensive affinity maturation. Overall, our study is an important support for vaccine development aiming at eliciting those bnAbs. Moreover, those bnAbs have potential to be developed as candidates of therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 through further optimization.

2 new COVID-19 variants now dominant in N.B.

CBC News
November 28, 2023
By Bobbi-Jean MacKinnon

“Two new COVID-19 variants quickly gaining traction across Canada are already dominant in New Brunswick.”

https://stillcoviding.ca/en/news/2-new-covid-19-variants-now-dominant-in-n-b/

#COVID #COVID19 #CovidIsNotOver #EG5 #HK3 #HV1 #NewBrunswick #PoPNB #SARSCoV2 #variants

2 new COVID-19 variants now dominant in N.B.

Still COVIDing Canada
-- Hospitals acute beds occupancy rate 9.5%, increasing
-- Mortality rate rising especially among elderly
-- Most representative variants currently circulating are the #EG5 and the #BA286, now at 10% of characterized isolates.

#Schweiz

"#Blutwäsche bei Long Covid: Kein Geld für Studie

Kann eine Reinigung des Blutes Long-Covid-Patienten helfen? Diese Frage hätte eine Studie beantworten sollen. Doch die Mittel dazu fehlen."

#OmicronVariant #EG5 #Corona #Coronavirus #COVID19 #LongCovid #PostCovid #MECFS #POTS

https://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/blutwaesche-bei-long-covid-kein-geld-fuer-studie-ld.1766784

Blutwäsche bei Long Covid: Kein Geld für Studie

Kann eine Reinigung des Blutes Long-Covid-Patienten helfen? Diese Frage hätte eine Studie beantworten sollen. Doch die Mittel dazu fehlen.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Ich glaube nicht, dass die #Erinnerungen für die nächste Pandemie das Problem sein werden, sondern die anhaltende #Bildungsverweigerung und #Verschwörungsmythen​gläubigkeit der erwachsenen #Bevölkerung.

"Verzerrte Erinnerungen an #Corona
Laut neuer Studien beeinflusst die Impf-Identifikation die Erinnerung"

#OmicronVariant #EG5 #Corona #Coronavirus #COVID19 #LongCovid #PostCovid #MECFS #POTS #ImpfenSchützt #CoronaVaccine #COVIDVaccination #Impfstoff #BoosterImpfung

https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1177689.verzerrte-erinnerungen-an-corona-impfen-wurde-etwas-politisches.html

»Impfen wurde etwas Politisches«

Die Erinnerungen vieler Menschen an die Pandemie haben wenig mit der Realität zu tun. Im Fall einer neuen Gesundheitskrise können derart verzerrte Wahrnehmungen erneut zu Problemen führen.

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