501.V2 variant
863 worrisome COVID-19 cases in Romania, most involving UK variant
Romania's National Public Health Institute (INSP) informs that, as of April 11, 863 worrisome COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the country. Of these, 857 cases involved the UK variant (B.1.1.7); four involving the South Africa variant (B.1.351), and two involving the Brazil variant (P.1).
Countries Pause Johnson & Johnson Vaccine over Rare Blood Clots
European Union, US and South Africa and will temporarily stop the rollout of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Covid jab, after reports of rare blood clotting.
Six cases were detected in more than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.
Johnson & Johnson has paused its EU rollout, which started this week.
Some 85% of new virus cases due to UK variant: Health minister
Some 85 percent of new COVID-19 cases across Turkey are due to the U.K. variant, the country's health minister said on April 12, urging people to adhere to coronavirus measures to stem the spread of the virus.
New SARS-CoV-2 stem presenting E48K mutation identified in Romania
The new coronavirus version, presenting both the characteristics of the British strain B1.1.7 and the E484K mutation, which according to some studies can reduce the effectiveness of vaccines against the virus, has been identified in Romania, based on sequencing performed at the "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava (USV), shows a press release sent to AGERPRES, on Monday, by the spokesperson
The British variant of Covid 19 in Serbia
Belgrade British variant of the Coronavirus creates chaos in Serbia. Hospitals are packed, clinical pictures are very serious. Virologists are afraid of five more variants.
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UK variant virus ‘may spreading rapidly in Turkey’
Findings from a study in Istanbul show that the coronavirus variant that has moved through the U.K. may now be spreading "rapidly" through Turkey.
A group of scientists, who examined the genome sequence of the COVID-19 virus in Istanbul, have reached significant findings in a laboratory research that has been going on since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Turkey to start human trials on 5 more vaccine candidates, says minister
Turkey's Health Ministry has urged the utmost vigilance in all provinces amid a spike in COVID-19 variant-related infections, announcing a raft of measures to combat the spread of the disease.
Virus variants spreading fast in Turkey, says health minister
Virus variants of different origins have infected nearly 42,000 people in dozens of provinces in Turkey, the country's health minister has said, warning that the new strains are spreading fast at a time when the country moved to a controlled normalization phase.
New virus strains started to spread faster: Health Minister Koca
Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca attributed a rise in coronavirus cases on a faster spread of COVID-19 variations on March 10.
More virulent variants not widespread in Slovenia
Ljubljana – The more virulent variants of coronavirus appear not to be very widespread in Slovenia yet. Two labs which conduct genetic sequencing have so far identified 35 cases of the UK variant and not a single case of the South African or Brazilian variant.
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