Tag: variants
Covid-19: Omicron variants, champions of immune escape
From his emergencethe variant Omicron (B.1.1.529) demonstrated a great ability to evade neutralization by antibody because of the many mutations carried by its protein S. The latter was gradually replaced…
Covid-19: will the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants cause a new wave this summer?
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Variant Omicron: significantly less risk of Covid-long
News Published 22 hours ago, Reading 2 mins. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Medical validation: June 20, 2022 This is a priori excellent news: Omicron…
Will the arrival of the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants relaunch the epidemic in France?
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Increase in the number of cases due to Omicron variants in the Netherlands
In the Netherlands, coronavirus Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 are spreading rapidly. The number of Covid cases due to these variants doubled within 1 week. Experts say this development could…
Covid-19: cases increase in Africa and the United States driven by variants
Will we have a serene summer in terms of health? If the French are preparing to lift the masks in transport, from Monday May 16, other regions of the globe…
Covid-19: Is Omicron finally as dangerous as the other variants?
News Posted 6 hours ago, Reading 2 mins. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Having acquired the reputation of being less dangerous than all other variants…
Covid-19: what we know about the BA.4 and BA.5 variants, new Omicron strains
News Posted 22 hours ago, Reading 2 mins. in collaboration with Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo) Two new strains of the Omicron variant, the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants,…
Covid-19: what we know about the variants of the “X” family
Although the BA.2 (Omicron) variant is currently the most widespread in France, surveillance continues to determine whether other forms of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are likely to replace it, by overcoming…
Covid-19: Hospitalizations on the rise, host of new variants… Update on the pandemic
There was indeed a peak, reached in early April, at 140,000 cases per day on average. But since then, far from the rapid decline hoped for by the health authorities,…