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Progress Remains “Fragile”, Avoid International Travel, Warns WHO

22 May 2021

“Increased mobility and interactions may lead to more transmission … In the face of a continued threat and new uncertainty we need to exercise caution and rethink or avoid international travel,” says an article published in The Guardian.

Rates remain high

Weekly official cases in Europe have fallen by almost 60% from 1.7m in mid-April to nearly 685,000 last week with deaths also in decline and incident rates stubbornly remain high.

Covid vaccines in use in Europe appear to protect against all new...

https://mfame.guru/progress-remains-fragile-avoid-international-travel-warns-who/

All You Need To Know About the Covid-19 Variant First Found in India

18 May 2021

What we know about the Covid-19 variant first found in India, an article on CNN says.

Corona in India

A coronavirus variant first detected in India in February has now gone global, spreading to dozens of countries and raising fears that the strain will overwhelm health care systems, reverse reopening plans and even potentially undermine the rollout of vaccines.

Experts believe the B.1.617 variant is driving the huge wave of infections seen across India in recent weeks. The country now makes up 50%...

https://mfame.guru/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-covid-19-variant-first-found-in-india/

Octo Mutant Variant Evades Pfizer Vaccine

8 May 2021

Virus is able to enter lungs and human cells more efficiently.
Vaccine evasion is rapid, when tested on Pfizer and virus can evade it better.
This variant is octo mutant, 8 protein spikes are mutated and hence vaccine failed.

A recent news article published in the News Medical Life Sciences written by Sally Robertson says that a study conducted by researchers in Germany has found that the B.1.617 variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in India entered...

https://mfame.guru/octo-mutant-variant-evades-pfizer-vaccine/