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☆ As bird flu outbreak expands in California, dairy farms report it’s worse than they expected
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —A third farmworker has tested positive for bird flu in California, according to the state’s health department. Like the first two human cases in California, this third case is a farmworker who was in contact with sick dairy cattle. The CDC’s Principal Deputy Director, Dr. Nirav Shah, said in a news briefing on Friday that these cases were not a surprise. The California Department of Food and Agriculture has been conducting bulk milk tank sampling in areas where herds test positive. The first infected herds in California were found in late August.

Persons: Nirav Shah, “, ” Shah, ”, Jennifer Nuzzo, ” Nuzzo, Eric Deeble, Deeble, Dr, Sanjay Gupta, GISAID Organizations: CNN, US Centers for Disease Control, California Department of Public Health, Brown University, “, United States Department of Agriculture, California Department of Food, Agriculture, USDA, American Veterinary Medical Association, Quality Assurance, Los Angeles Times, CDC, CNN Health, Plant Health, Service Locations: California, United States Department of Agriculture . California, Colorado, United States, Africa

☆ New analysis of samples from Wuhan animal market supports its role as a central site of early spread of Covid-19
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Brenda Goodman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The new findings add to strong, but circumstantial evidence that the SARS-CoV2 virus jumped from infected animals to humans and that the market was a central site of early spread. Of the animals present at the market, rabbits, dogs and raccoon dogs are known to be susceptible to Covid-19 infections. Their analysis shows that SARS-CoV2 virus present at the market emerged at the same time as the virus from the larger pandemic, suggesting they are one and the same. The pandemic virus would have an earlier birthdate. “A lab origin is a possibility.

Persons: “, ”, Kristian Andersen, Andersen, ” Andersen, Florence Debarre, ” Debarre, Debarre, there’s, Dr, Sanjay Gupta Organizations: CNN, Wholesale, Scripps, Research, French National Centre for Scientific Research, National Institutes of Health, CNN Health Locations: Wuhan, China, Covid, La Jolla , California, United States

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON/CHICAGO, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A highly mutated COVID variant called BA.2.86 has now been detected in Switzerland and South Africa in addition to Israel, Denmark, the U.S. and the U.K., according to a leading World Health Organization official. It has since been detected in other symptomatic patients, in routine airport screening, and in wastewater samples in a handful of countries. That the known cases are not linked suggests it is already circulating more widely, particularly given reduced surveillance worldwide, she said. There have been nine such cases detected as of Aug. 23 and the variant was also found in wastewater in Switzerland. Jha and others, including the European public health agency and COVAX, the global program for getting vaccines to the world's poorest, said COVID surveillance and defenses could be reactivated in the event of a major infection wave.

Persons: Shannon Stapleton, Maria Van Kerkhove, Kerkhove, ”, Marion Koopmans, Nirav Shah, Van Kerkhove, Tyra Grove Krause, Ashish Jha, Jha, Jennifer Rigby, Julie Steenhuysen, Pratik Jain, Caroline Humer, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Health Organization, Omicron, WHO, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Pharmacy, Walgreens, Rite, Reuters, Statens Serum, White, Thomson Locations: Harlem, New York City, U.S, CHICAGO, Switzerland, South Africa, Israel, Denmark, COVID, Dutch, Danish, Bengaluru

International researchers published a pre-print report based on their interpretation of the data on Monday, after leaks of their findings in the media last week and a meeting with the World Health Organization involving both the Chinese and international scientists. The data comprised new sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and additional genomic data based on samples taken from the Huanan market in Wuhan in 2020, according to the international researchers who accessed it. "This adds to the body of evidence identifying the Huanan market as the spillover location of Sars-CoV-2 and the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic," said the report. As of March 11, it was no longer accessible on the database, where it was found by the international scientists, their report said. "Other raw sequencing data from environmental samples from the Huanan market exist and could contain further clues," Debarre told Reuters.

☆ Data released by China suggests COVID-19 virus may have come from raccoon dogs and 'strengthens' Wuhan wet-market theory
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-19 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Newly released genetic data from Wuhan has found raccoon dog DNA blended with the COVID-19 virus. Since the first COVID-19 death in Wuhan on January 11, 2020, the virus has killed 6,873,477 people worldwide. This suggests that the virus may have infected the animals, according to the scientists. "We continue to call on China to be transparent in sharing data and to conduct the necessary investigations and share the results. Since the first COVID-19 death — which was recorded in Wuhan, China, on January 11, 2020 — the virus has killed 6,873,477 people around the world, according to WHO data.

☆ WHO, advisors urge China to release all COVID-related data after new research
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Access to the information was subsequently restricted “apparently to allow further data updates” by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). WHO officials discussed the matter with Chinese colleagues, who explained that the new data were intended to be used to update a preprint study from 2022. "We continue to call on China to be transparent in sharing data, and to conduct the necessary investigations and share the results," he said. The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan was shut down by Chinese authorities after the novel coronavirus emerged in the city in late 2019. The market has since been a focus of study of whether the virus had infected several other species before jumping to humans.

☆ WHO calls on China to release data linking Covid origin to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The World Health Organization on Friday called on China to release new data linking the Covid pandemic's origins to animal samples at Wuhan Market after the country recently took down the research. Researchers from several countries downloaded and analyzed the data before it was removed, and presented their findings to the WHO last weekend. But she said it does establish that animals who can carry Covid were sold at the market, which is "new information." The WHO is pushing for studies to be conducted in other markets in Wuhan and across China, according to Van Kerkhove. She added that the WHO "won't be able to remove different hypotheses" until China reuploads its data.

☆ Why Singapore isn't imposing new travel rules on visitors from China
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

watch nowBut he said travel volumes between Singapore and China are "very low" — with fewer than 1,000 people arriving from China daily. "As of now, we run 38 weekly flights from China to Singapore, compared to around 400 flights pre-Covid," he said. Current rules are effectiveSo far, more than a dozen countries have announced new rules for visitors from China. In the same month, seven imported cases became severely ill, and only one was from China, he said. 'We do not discriminate'Ong noted that while some countries are imposing a pre-departure test requirement on visitors from China, Singapore will "not discriminate because severe cases can originate from any country."

☆ China suspends social media accounts of Covid policy critics
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

China has suspended or closed the social media accounts of more than 1,000 critics of the government's policies on the COVID-19 outbreak, as the country moves to further open up. The popular Sina Weibo social media platform said it had addressed 12,854 violations including attacks on experts, scholars and medical workers and issued temporary or permanent bans on 1,120 accounts. Nonetheless, China is forging ahead with a plan to end mandatory quarantines for people arriving from abroad beginning on Sunday. On Sunday, the National Health Commission reported 10,681 new domestic cases, bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases to 482,057. China has said the testing requirements being imposed by foreign governments — most recently Germany and Sweden — aren't science-based and has threatened unspecified countermeasures.

☆ Leading WHO advisers call for 'realistic' COVID data from China at key meeting
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Jennifer Rigby | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseLONDON, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Leading scientists advising the World Health Organization said they wanted a "more realistic picture" about the COVID-19 situation from China's top experts at a key meeting on Tuesday as worries grow about the rapid spread of the virus. The WHO has invited Chinese scientists to a virtual closed meeting with its technical advisory group on viral evolution on Tuesday, to present data on which variants are circulating in the country. Speaking to Reuters ahead of the meeting, she said some of the data from China, such as hospitalisation numbers, is "not very credible". A WHO spokesperson said that a "detailed discussion" was expected about circulating variants in China, and globally, with Chinese scientists expected to make a presentation.

Wuhan resident Xie Zhicong said he and everyone in his family, aside from his grandmother, had been infected. Xie, a 25-year-old salesman, said it was difficult to see a doctor when he went to a hospital for an examination last week. The hospital that Xie visited did not respond to requests for comment on his claims. People who have recovered, Xie said, are looking ahead to life after three years of “zero-Covid” restrictions. Though China is experiencing a massive outbreak much as it did at the start of the pandemic, once it’s over the virus won’t have many places left to go, Sridhar said.

☆ U.S. and global health officials are worried about lack of transparency from China on Covid outbreak
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a statement Wednesday, said the lack of transparency from China could delay the identification of new Covid variants that pose a threat to public health. The CDC on Wednesday announced new testing requirements for airline passengers whose trips originate in China. India, Italy, Japan and Taiwan have also imposed Covid test requirements on airline passengers originating in China. A U.S. federal health official, in a call with reporters on Wednesday, said the Biden administration has very limited information on the number of new Covid cases, hospitalizations and particularly deaths in China. The World Health Organization has also called on China to share more information about what's transpiring on the ground as the virus spread.

☆ Potential China wave is 'wild card' for ending COVID emergency - WHO advisors
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Jennifer Rigby | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"It's clear that we are in a very different phase [of the pandemic], but in my mind, that pending wave in China is a wild card." Last week, he told reporters in Geneva that he was "hopeful" of an end to the emergency some time next year. Tedros's earlier comments spurred hopes that the United Nations agency could soon remove the Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) designation for COVID, which has been in place since January 2020. Some global health experts had expected China to wait for the WHO to lift the emergency status before easing its own pandemic response measures. WHO member states are currently working on re-designing the rules that govern global health emergencies to potentially address issues like this.

☆ Omicron subvariants pose a new threat to people with immune deficiencies
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Benjamin Ryan | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Troubling recent reports reveal the emergence of new omicron subvariants that not only evade AstraZeneca’s Evusheld, the antibody drug authorized to prevent Covid infection, but also the sole antibody drug that has retained effectiveness as treatment for Covid, Eli Lilly’s bebtelovimab. Doctors have cautioned that should Laura get Covid, this could aggravate her autoimmune disease and lead to catastrophic kidney damage. Evusheld is a long-acting antibody injection given every six months that studies have suggested provides a robust buffer to the immunosuppressed. For now, immunocompromised people are anxiously watching the pandemic forecast to see if the subvariants that research indicates evade monoclonal antibodies will become predominant. “If fewer people are prescribed Evusheld,” she said, “there’s less incentive for drug companies to start developing newer therapeutics.

☆ A fost identificată o nouă variantă a coronavirusului, Epsilon, mai rezistentă la vaccinuri decât Delta
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-05 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

O nouă variantă a virusului care provoacă Covid-19 a fost confirmată în cercetările coordonate de biochimistul Matthew McCallum și publicate în revista Science. Această variantă a fost prima dată identificată în California, Statele Unite, prezintă trei mutații și este rezistentă atât la anticorpii generați de vaccinurile ARN mesager (Pfizer și Moderna), cât și la cei produşi de infecția cu virusul SARS-COV-2. Rezistența la vaccinaruri a fost confirmată după analizarea plasmei colectate de la 15 persoane vaccinate cu două doze de Moderna, de la 33 vaccinate cu două doze de Pfizer/BioNtech și de la 9 persoane care au fost infectate cu SARS-COV-2. Spre deosebire de varianta Delta, care a ajuns deja în peste 100 de state, varianta Epsilon nu este încă foarte răspândită în Europa, conform bazei de date internaționale GISAID, care colectează secvențele genetice ale virusurilor. Confirmarea noii variante vine într-o perioadă în care Europa este îngrijorată de răspândirea variantei Delta și încearcă să crească rata de vaccinare de teama unui nou val care să lovească.

Persons: Matthew McCallum, . Ea Organizations: Science, Delta, Rador Locations: California, Statele Unite, Europa, Coreea de Sud, India, Japonia, Danemarca, Germania, Irlanda, Franța, Țările de Jos, Spania, Elveția, Norvegia, Suedia, Finlanda, Italia, Belgia

☆ OMS: Varianta indiană a Covid-19, detectată în 44 de ţări
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: ReutersOMS: Varianta indiană a Covid-19, detectată în 44 de ţăriOrganizaţia Mondială a Sănătăţii (OMS) a detectat varianta care stă la originea exploziei numărului de cazuri de COVID-19 din India în zeci de alte ţări din întreaga lume, a anunţat miercuri agenţia pentru sănătate din cadrul Organizaţiei Naţiunilor Unite (ONU), relatează AFP și Agerpres. Varianta B.1.617, care a apărut pentru prima dată în India în octombrie, a fost detectată în secvenţe de genom descărcate în baza de date GISAID "provenite din 44 de ţări din toate cele şase regiuni ale OMS", afirmă OMS, adăugând că a primit "notificări privind detectarea în alte cinci ţări". În afară de India, în Marea Britanie a fost detectat cel mai mare număr de cazuri de contaminare cu varianta B.1.617. În ceea ce priveşte varianta apărută în India, aceasta a fost adăugată pe listă deoarece este mai contagioasă. Potrivit statisticilor oficiale, circa 4.000 de persoane mor în prezent zilnic din cauza COVID-19 în India, unde numărul total al deceselor asociate COVID-19 de la izbucnirea epidemiei este de aproape 250.000.

Persons: Reuters, OMS, B Organizations: OMS, ONU Locations: India, Agerpres, Britanie, Brazilia, Africa de Sud

☆ Есть ли шанс повторить волну «пандемического цунами» из Индии в Молдове?
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-06 | by ( Super User | ) mybusiness.md time to read: +8 min

К середине апреля в стране было в среднем более 100 000 новых случаев заболевания в день. Теперь доля этих мутаций увеличилась в количестве новых случаев, исследованных в Индии. Вариант Индии в настоящее время находится в интенсивном изучении в качестве "варианта интереса". Что касается мутации L452R - также найденной в "двойной мутации" Индии, то она впервые получила внимание как часть линии B.1.427 / B.1.429 в США, которую иногда называют "калифорнийским вариантом". На данный момент пандемия в нашей стране отличается от пандемии в Индии с точки зрения новых случаев заболевания.

Persons: … ”, E484Q, Нарендра Моди, Ковид, Ала ТОКАРЧУК Organizations: следующееНепрерывный Locations: Nature, Индия, Англия, Гуджарат, Ганг, Африка, Бразилия, США, Махараштра, Великобритания, Молдова, Республика Молдова

☆ Are valul de „tsunami pandemic” din India șanse de a se replica în Moldova? Op-Ed de Ala Tocarciuc
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-06 | by ( ) www.ipn.md time to read: +8 min

Are valul de „tsunami pandemic” din India șanse de a se replica în Moldova? Cum a venit valul de tsunami pandemic peste India? India a intrat în stăpânirea unui al doilea val devastator de virus și orașele se confruntau cu restricții proaspete. La 30 aprilie India a înregistrat peste 400.000 de cazuri și peste 3.522 de decese, ambele înregistrări record într-o singură zi. Suntem în pragul unei campanii electorale, care va dura următoarele 2 luni și va include multiple întâlniri electorale.

Persons: Hindușii, B Organizations: Nature Locations: India, Moldova, urnele, selecționatele, Anglia, Gujarat, Gange, Africa de Sud, Brazilia, SUA, California, Maharashtra, Indiei, Republica Moldova

☆ Chile respinge existenţa unei variante ''chiliene'' de SARS-CoV-2, invocată de Israel
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-04 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

"Am revizuit baza de date Gisaid (Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data), o bază de date internaţionale unde sunt denumite variantele conform ţării de origine. Prin urmare, în acest caz eliminăm pentru moment existenţa unei variante chiliene în lume", a declarat online directorul ISP, Heriberto Garcia.Semnalul de alarmă a fost tras în urma unei informaţii publicate de autorităţile din Israel, potrivit căreia o persoană revenită în ţară după o călătorie în străinătate s-a îmbolnăvit de COVID-19, deşi era vaccinată, în urma contractării unei tulpini considerate originară din SARS-CoV-2 din Chile. "Ceea ce este posibil să se fi întâmplat este ca Israelul să fi revizuit cazul unui turist care a trecut prin Chile şi s-a infectat cu una dintre variantele deja detectate în ţară, care nu sunt variante îngrijorătoare sau de interes şi care sunt peste zece, mai mult sau mai puţin, în întreaga lume", a explicat Garcia.Pentru ca o tulpină de SARS-CoV-2 să poată fi denumită "chiliană" trebuie să fie nu doar prezentă în Chile ci şi să devină contagioasă şi în alte ţări, a precizat expertul sanitar. "Dacă nu este cazul, este foarte dificil ca Gisaid să numească 'variantă chiliană' o variantă care circulă ocazional în ţară", a subliniat el.Cu toate acestea, în ultimele zile numărul contagierilor a început să scadă, iar luni au fost raportate 4.874 noi cazuri şi 98 de decese.

Locations: Israel, străinătate, deşi, Chile

☆ OMS: Varianta indiană a coronavirusului, detectată în cel puţin 17 ţări
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-28 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Variantă indiană a coronavirusului, suspectată că ar fi scufundat India într-o criză sanitară majoră, a fost detectată în cel puţin 17 ţări. Anunțul a fost făcut de către Organizaţia Mondială a Sănătăţii, notează AFP, citează hotnews.ro. Potrivit OMS, varianta B.1.617, mai frecvent cunoscută sub numele de varianta indiană pentru că prima dată a apărut în India, a fost detectată în peste 1.200 de secvenţe de genom. În ultimele zile, varianta a fost semnalată, de asemenea, în mai multe ţări europene, precum Belgia, Elveţia, Grecia, Italia. OMS a clasificat recent această variantă ca variantă de interes, şi nu ca variantă preocupantă.

Persons: OMS, Organizaţia Organizations: OMS Locations: India, Belgia, Elveţia, Grecia, Italia

☆ Varianta B.1.617, care a dus India la un pas de colaps sanitar, detectată în 17 țări, inclusiv din Europa
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaVarianta B.1.617, care a dus India la un pas de colaps sanitar, detectată în 17 țări, inclusiv din EuropaVariantă indiană a coronavirusului, suspectată că ar fi scufundat India într-o criză sanitară majoră, a fost detectată în "cel puţin 17 ţări", a anunţat marţi Organizaţia Mondială a Sănătăţii (OMS), notează AFP, citată de Digi24. Potrivit OMS, varianta B.1.617, mai frecvent cunoscută sub numele de varianta indiană pentru că prima dată a apărut în India, a fost detectată în peste 1.200 de secvenţe de genom, în "cel puţin 17 ţări". În ultimele zile, varianta a fost semnalată, de asemenea, în mai multe ţări europene (Belgia, Elveţia, Grecia, Italia). OMS a clasificat recent această variantă ca „variantă de interes", şi nu ca „variantă preocupantă". "Alte comportamente" pot fi, de asemenea, la originea recrudescenţei cazurilor în India, a spus OMS, cum ar fi nerespectarea restricţiilor sanitare şi adunările în masă.

Persons: OMS, ., Organizaţia Organizations: OMS Locations: India, Europa, Regatul Unit, SUA, Singapore, Belgia, Elveţia, Grecia, Italia

☆ Индийский вариант COVID-19 обнаружен в 17 странах мира
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-28 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: 1 min

Высококонтагиозный индийский штамм коронавируса обнаружен в 17 странах мира, сообщается 27 апреля в еженедельном эпидемиологическом отчете ВОЗ о пандемии коронавируса. Агентство здравоохранения ООН сообщило, что вариант B1617 COVID-19, впервые обнаруженный в Индии, по состоянию на вторник был обнаружен в более чем 1200 последовательностях, загруженных в базу данных открытого доступа GISAID «по меньшей мере из 17 стран». «Большинство последовательностей были загружены из Индии, Великобритании, США и Сингапура», — говорится в отчете. Согласно документу, специалисты ВОЗ опасаются, что распространение «индийской» версии COVID-19 может способствовать всплеску случаев заболевания коронавирусом в мире. Напомним, жизненно важные медицинские грузы начали поступать в Индию в тот момент, когда больницы отказывают пациентам из-за нехватки медицинского кислорода.

Organizations: ВОЗ, Агентство здравоохранения, ООН Locations: Высококонтагиозный, Индия, Великобритания, США, Сингапур

☆ Биологи рассказывают о том, как меняется коронавирус
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-12 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +10 min

Три недели назад премьер-министр Великобритании Борис Джонсон напугал всех сообщением о новой мутации коронавируса. Коронавирус SARS-CoV-2 в этом году совершил огромный рывок в развитии, он перепрыгнул на нового хозяина, — на человека. Самый удобный сайт, содержащий информацию о РНК коронавируса по всему миру — Neхtstrain.org. Три буквы РНК превращаются в одну аминокислоту, из которых состоят белки. Бывают мутации точечные, когда меняется одна буква генетического кода, а бывают сложные мутации, когда происходит замена, вставка или удаление целого участка.

Persons: —, nsp12, Борис Джонсон, Болат Султанкулов, Ковид, Мухтар Садыков, Уханьский, У Locations: —, Великобритания, Саудовская Аравия

☆ Как изменяется коронавирус? Что знает наука о мутациях и штаммах COVID-19. Объясняет молекулярный биолог
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-07 | by ( ) newsmaker.md time to read: +28 min

Три недели назад премьер-министр Великобритании Борис Джонсон напугал всех сообщением о новой мутации коронавируса. Самый удобный сайт, содержащий информацию о РНК коронавируса по всему миру, — Neхtstrain.org. Следующий нашумевший вариант вируса называется «Cluster 5», он был обнаружен в июне 2020 в Дании у людей, работающих с норками. Одно остается неизменным: изучение мутаций вируса помогает понять природу вируса и нашего иммунного ответа, что, в конце концов, позволит нам предположить, когда закончится вся эта история. Большинство главных мутаций коронавируса не делают его опаснее в плане тяжести заболевания, ведь вирусу не нужно, чтобы мы умирали быстрее.

Persons: —, — nsp12, Hou, — N501Y, Асель Мусабекова, Жюль Оффман, Борис Джонсон, Болат Султанкулов, Ковид, Мухтар Садыков, Уханьский, У, Угур Шахин, Эмма Ходкрофт, Мухтар Organizations: Pfizer, Biontech, Университет, ЕНУ имя Л.Гумилева, Институт Пастера Locations: —, Йорк, Великобритания, Страсбург, Франция, Париж, Саудовская Аравия, Ухань, Дания, Нидерланды, Южная Африка, Европа

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