News and Reports

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News and Reports 10 December 2021

Updates to Omicron lineage B.1.1.529

Updates to Omicron lineage B.1.1.529 – Pango NetworkChristopher Ruis [https://www.pango.network/updates-to-omicron-lineage-b-1-1-529/]The Pango Network has defined two genetically distinct sublineages

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News and Reports 30 November 2021

WHO Tracking SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Variants of Concern (VOC) Currently designated Variants of Concern (VOCs)+: WHO label Pango lineage•GISAID cladeNextstraincladeAdditionalamino acid changesmonitored° Earliest documented samplesDate of designationAlpha B.1.

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News and Reports 4 May 2020

Face Masks - evidence for public policy decisions

DELVE Initiative of Royal Society of UK has published a document with evidence supporting the use of Face Masks with data supporting their potential effectiveness

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News and Reports 28 April 2020

CovidSim by Imperial College, London available as open source

The COVID-19 CovidSim [http://covidsim.eu/]microsimulation model developed by the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis hosted at Imperial College, London is now

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News and Reports 8 April 2020

Emergent Literature on Sterlisation of N95 Masks

A University of Manitoba, Canada study advocates Autoclaving of N95 Masks as an accessible method for sterlisation of N95 masks for up to 10 cycles.

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News and Reports 6 April 2020

Covid-19: four fifths of cases are asymptomatic, China figures indicate

New evidence has emerged from China indicating that the large majority of coronavirus infections do not result in symptoms. Chinese authorities began publishing daily figures

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News and Reports 6 April 2020

Results of 15-Day Study on COVID-19 and Social Distancing Measures

A recent study from researchers at iiSM.ORG confirms that the spread of coronavirus in the US has been substantially slowed by Social Distancing (S.