Category: UK variant

COVID-19 Outbreak Spreading in China’s Guangdong Province, Vaccine Shortages Reported

Official reports are indicating that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus, commonly known as novel coronavirus, is spreading in Guangzhou after an initial case of local transmission was reported last week in the city of 15.3 million people. Meanwhile, infections have also appeared in the nearby megacity of Shenzhen in China’s southern coastal province of Guangdong. The reports have triggered…


Indian COVID-19 Variant ‘Out-Competing’ Kent Variant: UK Expert

A CCP virus variant first detected in India has been “out-competing” the Kent variant in some areas in the UK, a British medical expert has said. Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, said the Indian COVID-19 variant of concern “clearly has been out-competing” the Kent variant, also known as the…


UK Variant Accounts for 70 Percent of COVID Cases in Pakistan: Researcher

KARACHI, Pakistan—A coronavirus variant first discovered in the United Kingdom now accounts for up to 70 percent of COVID-19 infections across Pakistan, a research centre studying the disease in the country said on Saturday. The country has imposed strict nationwide restrictions in the lead up to the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr next week in…


8 New Local CCP Virus Cases Detected in Brisbane

The Queensland government has reported eight new locally-acquired CCP virus cases in the state overnight, with six being the close contacts of confirmed cases and a further two acquired overseas cases. There are two cases under investigation but Premier Annastacia Palszczuk said health authorities believed the cases to be linked to known cases. A further two…


UK COVID-19 Variant Could Be More Deadly: Study

Scientific advisers to the British government believe the COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom could be deadlier than previous variants. The variant, known as B.1.1.7, “is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization and death compared to infection” with the original strain of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the…


N.L. Delays Full Election After Covid-19 Outbreak Tied to U.K. Variant

ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—Less than 12 hours before polls were set to open in much of the province, Newfoundland and Labrador’s chief electoral officer on Friday called off all in−person voting in response to a COVID−19 outbreak. Bruce Chaulk announced voting in the provincial election set for Saturday will now be exclusively by mail, and ballots…


Kent Variant of CCP Virus Likely to ‘Sweep the World’: UK Expert

The CCP virus variant first found in southeast England is on course to “sweep the world,” a British expert in microbiology has said. Professor Sharon Peacock, director of the COVID-19 Genomics UK consortium, said that the B117 strain, commonly referred to as the UK variant or the Kent variant, is not just more transmissible than…


UK Identifies 2 More COVID-19 Variants With Antibody-Resistant Mutation

British health authorities have identified two more COVID-19 variants with a mutation that makes them resistant to antibodies. Over 4,000 variants of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as SARS-CoV-2 or the novel coronavirus, have been identified across the globe, most of which are not of concern, the Public Health England (PHE) said….


New UK Strain of COVID-19 Detected in Orange County

SANTA ANA—A 21-year-old San Clemente man tested positive for the more contagious U.K. strain of COVID-19, marking the first known case in Orange County, local health officials announced Feb. 8. The man tested positive on Jan. 26 and “his symptoms have now resolved,” according to a memo sent Monday to the Board of Supervisors from…


Study Raises Concerns Over CCP Virus Mutations During Chronic Infection

A new UK study has raised concerns that the CCP virus has more chance to mutate during chronic infections, and it could “mutate to outwit our vaccines,” a leader of the study said. In an unedited manuscript pre-published by Nature on Friday, a team led by researchers at Cambridge University said they saw repeated mutations…