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The Ministry of Health on January 9 reported 30 new Covid-19 cases, 29 of which were imported and all were confirmed to be the Omicron variant.

Ministry of Health and World Health Organisation (WHO) officials in Cambodia urge vigilance as the Kingdom’s first Omicron community case has been detected. In a press release on January 9, the ministry said the man, a 23-year-old Cambodian from the capital’s Russey Keo district, tested positive with subsequent lab confirmation of the variant.

Real-Time Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern, Uruguay - The Maravi Post

Better Outfitted and Screened Viral Vectors Are Safer and More Effective Better Outfitted and Screened Viral Vectors Are Safer and More Effective Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are the leading vectors for gene delivery. Two AAV-based gene therapies have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug administration, and dozens more are in clinical trials. However, AAV vectors pose challenges including costly manufacture, high percentages of empty capsids, and safety issues associated with high-dose regimens. To address this last challenge, developers are working to improve the impact of each A...

Very few mutations will materially alter the course of the pandemic.  “Among the numerous SARS-CoV-2 variants that have been detected, only a very small proportion are of public health concern,” US government advisor Anthony Fauci wrote in an open letter published last week in the JAMA science journal. The English, South African and Brazilian variants, however, all share a particular mutation — named N501Y — that is consequential. The mutation occurs on the virus’ spike protein, which almost certainly makes it more effective at binding with human receptor cells. As a result, these ...