JN.1

Immune evasion, infectivity, and membrane fusion of the SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant | Virology Journal

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The SARS-CoV-2 JN.1 variant exhibits increased infectivity in susceptible cells To investigate the biological characteristics of the major circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants, we constructed 11 SARS-CoV-2 variant spike proteins, including D614G, BA.2, BA.4/5, XBB.1.5, EG.5.1, HV.1, HK.3, JD.1.1, JG.3, BA.2.86, and JN.1 (Fig. S1A-B). Among them, D614G, BA.2 and BA.4/5 were the major variants in the … Read more

Hong Kong children urged to get Covid jabs as ‘whole paediatric ward full’

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The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah warned on Saturday that the number of children with Covid-19 had risen significantly recently. “As … Read more

Hong Kong children urged to get Covid jabs as ‘whole paediatric ward full’

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The head of a paediatric infectious diseases unit at a Hong Kong public hospital has said his ward is now full of young, unvaccinated Covid-19 patients, urging parents to get their children inoculated to prevent severe symptoms. Mike Kwan Yat-wah warned on Saturday that the number of children with Covid-19 had risen significantly recently. “As … Read more