Geographical clustering of the earliest known COVID-19 cases and the proximity of positive environmental samples to live animal vendors suggest that the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China –…
The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus is almost certainly not the final iteration of SARS-CoV-2 that the world will face, says a technical study published in the journal Science.…
In a breakthrough against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, drug maker Pfizer has announced that its oral product PAXLOVID was shown to be highly effective in keeping people out of hospital after…
South Africa’s Discovery Health has investigated the Omicron variant’s clinical impact relative to other SARS-CoV-2 variants. This was a major study involving 211,000 COVID-19 test results. The report was released…
Preliminary UK risk assessment of the SARS-COV-2 Omicron variant suggests high transmissibility and reduced protection among those who’ve already had the virus. Also, uncertainty on the question of vaccine effectiveness…
NextStrain.org tracks the evolutionary relationships of SARS-CoV-2 viruses from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. While genetic relationships among sampled viruses are quite clear, there is considerable uncertainty surrounding estimates of specific…