VICTORIA’S LATEST COVID-19 OUTBREAK: * New locally acquired cases (during 24-hour reporting period): 22 * Linked cases: 5 linked to Ms Frankie, 5 to Trinity Grammar, 3 linked to Young and Jacksons, 3 to St Patrick’s Murambeena, 2 to AAMI Park, 2 Bacchus Marsh Grammar, 1 linked to the West Gate Tunnel and 1 family… Read More »
Queensland has recorded no further cases of community transmissions as authorities try to figure out how a flight attendant contracted COVID-19 while in hotel quarantine. Genomic sequencing results show the woman in her 30s has the less infectious Alpha variant that has been linked to a case in the same hotel. The two cases arrived… Read More »
Indian Covid variant may already be dominant in Britain and has grown ‘exponentially’ since March, SAGE warns… but cases are only rising in THREE out of 23 hotspots and experts say mutant strains won’t be ‘disaster’ first feared Documents published by SAGE said B.1.617.2 strain likely made up ‘majority’ of the UK’s infections by mid-May… Read More »
[unable to retrieve full-text content]It’s not just Bolton and Blackburn, says the health secretary, as he urges people to get vaccinated. BBC News – Health
The Biden administration’s recently announced restrictions on travelers from India are unlikely to play a significant role in limiting new coronavirus cases in the U.S., Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday. “Will it have an impact? Perhaps a minor impact on the margins in terms of reducing introductions. It’s not going to dramatically affect our… Read More »