COVID-19 vaccine development protocol: PSV Based Neutralization Assay 5. Vaccines development for COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel viral pneumonia caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). First discovered in Wuhan, a city in Hubei province of China, COVID-19 has already broken out throughout the world and posed a great threat […]
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Variant of Concern 2021/03 Technical briefing 7 This briefing provides an update on previous briefings up to 13 February 2021 Summary • There are 4 variants of concern and 5 variants under investigation (Table 1) • A slightly increased risk of hospitalisation has been now been detected for VOC 202012/01 (B.1.1.7), supporting previous findings on […]
Variant of Concern 202012/01Technical briefing 6 This briefing provides an update on previous briefings up to 1 February 2021 Summary There are 4 variants of concern, designated: • VOC 202012/01 (B.1.1.7), first detected in Kent England is predominant in all regions and is circulating in multiple countries• VOC 202102/02 (B.1.1.7 cluster with E484K mutation), first detected in South West […]
Variant of Concern 202012/01Technical briefing 5 This briefing provides an update on the briefing of 14 January 2021 Summary SGTF detections indicate VOC202012/01 continues to predominate across all regions. S gene target failure remains a well correlated proxy measure of VOC 202012/01. An assessment of severity of disease has been conducted by NERVTAG. A limited […]
Variant of Concern 202012/01 Technical briefing 4 This briefing provides an update on the briefing of 8 January 2021 Nomenclature of variants in the UK SARS-CoV-2 variants if considered to have concerning epidemiological, immunological or pathogenic properties are raised for formal investigation. At this point they are designated Variant Under Investigation (VUI) with a year, […]
The world is in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.The SARS-CoV-2 lineage B.1.1.28 has been evolving in Brazil since February 2020. A new lineage, named P.1 (B.1.1.28.1), contains convergent mutations in the spike (S) protein, including several receptor binding domain (spike RBD) mutations E484K, K417T, and N501Y. Spike Mutation in SARS-COV-2 (2019nCOV) Brazilian variant P.1 lineage […]
Variant of Concern 202012/01Technical briefing 3 Nomenclature of variants in the UK SARS-CoV-2 variants if considered to have concerning epidemiological, immunological or pathogenic properties are raised for formal investigation. At this point they are designated Variant Under Investigation (VUI) with a year, month, and number. Following risk assessment with the relevant expert committee, they may […]
The world is in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently a new SARS-CoV-2 (2019nCOV) lineage (501Y.V2,, B.1.351), characterised by eight lineage-defining mutations in the spike protein (excluding D614G mutation), including three at important residues in the receptor-binding domain (K417N, E484K and N501Y), represents increased transmissibility. This lineage emerged in South Africa and spread rapidly, becoming […]
PSV validated Data Poster Download Protocol Download COVID-19 News and announcements collection on the new mutant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 (2019nCoV) virus – PHE investigating a novel variant of COVID-19– Rapid evaluation confirms lateral flow devices effective in detecting new COVID-19 variant– Confirmed cases of COVID-19 variant from South Africa identified in UK– Statement from […]
PSV validated Data Poster Download Protocol Download COVID-19 News and announcements collection on the new mutant variants of the SARS-CoV-2 (2019nCoV) virus – COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2): information about the new virus variant – New SARS-COV-2 variant: information and risk assessment – Central Alerting System (CAS) alert – New variant clustering in households analysis (ONS) – SARS-CoV-2 […]
