2-3 weeks ago would have been around Chinese New Year, just saying =)
the most in-demand vaccines (mRNA type) will take time
uunahin ng US ang domestic requirement niya
pag nabakunahan na lahat ng tao niya doon lang magkakaroon ng excess supply para sa RoW (rest of the world)
No h.h.w.w. muna daw
PNP appeals vs. public display of affection amid surge in COVID-19 cases
A measure of good news for the Philippines in the fight against the CHINA WUHAN VIRUS: Fil-Israeli firm to set up COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing plant in ecozone: PEZA | ABS-CBN News
Brazil P1 and P2 variants branched off the B.1.1.28 lineage
meron sa Pinas B1128
so hindi malabo may variant din ang Pinas na nag branch off diyan
PH-B1128 / P3
Last edited by uls; March 10th, 2021 at 04:40 PM.
i can imagine the panic here when international news reports confirmation of a Philippine variant
the same way people here panic about UK variant, South Africa variant, Brazil variant...
mas grabe pa itong PH variant lahat ng worrying mutations meron... all in one
DOH urges hospitals to boost capacity against COVID-19 – Manila Bulletin
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Scientists are warning that Brazil's uncontrolled coronavirus outbreak could threaten the global fight to end the pandemic.
The more infectious, vaccine-dulling P1 variant that emerged there has already become dominant in the majority of the country's states, and there's no sign of it slowing down.
'This information is an atomic bomb' Dr Roberto Kraenkel, a biological mathematician with the Covid-19 Brazil Observatory, told the Washington Post.
'In countries like Brazil where there are no restrictions and the virus is loose, it's really a breeding ground to variants'
All viruses mutate, all the time.
The PI variant was discovered there in December and likely fueled the high rate of infections and, worse yet, re-infections seen in the city.
Lab studies as well as real-world data suggest that mutations to a location known as E484K helps the variant evade antibodies triggered by prior infection with older variants or vaccines designed to protect against them.
'Immune pressure' encourages these kinds of mutations.
When viruses are confronted with immunity that prevents them from hijacking cell machinery to copy themselves, only strains that have mutations that make them less effected by vaccines survive.
And then they thrive.
'This new strain is escaping immunity, and it starts all over again and now it's the predominant lineage in Brazil,' said Dr Garrett.
Brazil's Covid catastrophe is an 'atomic bomb' that could the pandemic drag out | Daily Mail Online
Re: Brazil
ilan % ng population ang nabakunahan na?
yes sinovac had clinical trial in brazil
but how's the vaccination program going?
US population 330,000,000+
know why your pfizers and modernas aren't arriving yet?
UK COVID-19 variant has significantly higher death rate, study finds | Reuters
In a study that compared death rates among people in Britain infected with the new SARS-CoV-2 variant - known as B.1.1.7 - against those infected with other variants of the COVID-19-causing virus, scientists said the new variant’s mortality rate was “significantly higher”.
The B.1.1.7 variant was first detected in Britain in September 2020, and has since also been found in more than 100 other countries.
It has 23 mutations in its genetic code - a relatively high number - and some of them have made it far more easily spread. Scientists say it is about 40%-70% more transmissible than previous dominant variants that were circulating.
Lawrence Young, a virologist and professor of molecular oncology at Warwick University, said the precise mechanisms behind the higher death rate of the B.1.1.7 variant were still not clear, but “could be related to higher levels of virus replication as well as increased transmissibility”.
He warned that the UK variant was likely fuelling a recent surge in infections across Europe