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Le ministre de la Santé Frank Vandenbroucke incite les Belges à remettre le masque Epinglé par Vadot

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'Perro del infierno' la nueva variante de covid que alerta por su nivel de contagio

‘Perro del infierno’ la nueva variante de covid que alerta por su nivel de contagio

La ministra de Sanidad de España, Carolina Darias, anunció la llegada de una nueva variante de covid-19, denominada por los usuarios de redes sociales como ‘perro del infierno’. El nombre técnico de esta cepa es BQ.1.1 y se advirtió que su ritmo de contagio es acelerado en varios países de Europa. Es muy probable que se esparza por los distintos continentes. El científico de la Universidad de…

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COVID State of Affairs: Oct 5 - by Katelyn Jetelina

COVID State of Affairs: Oct 5

Here we go again. The start of a new wave. Eyes are on Western Europe, as hospitalizations are uniformly increasing. As we’ve seen throughou

Notice BQ.1.1 (in red above). This is a direct descendant of BA.5. While it has the most spike mutations, we picked the BA.5 formula for U.S. fall boosters. Our boosters will work best if this subvariant dominates in the future. For now, BQ.1.1 is winning the race in Europe, so this may have a good chance of taking over in the U.S. We may get lucky.

This is what we know. More than 90% of testing and sequencing has been stopped across the globe. This means we are largely flying blind and there may be a surprise in the mix we are unaware of just yet.

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This Deadly COVID Twist Is Like Nothing We’ve Seen Before

The new BQ.1.1 subvariant is spreading fast across Europe—and we’re not prepared for just how dangerous it could be