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In a follow-up from Sweden’s health officials, the Public Health Agency reported the first case of the virus variant of COVID-19 reported from South Africa. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay The case of the South African virus variant, known as 501.V2, is linked to travelers from South Africa. “This shows that the extended recommendations for testing and sample analyzes have an impact, and that the special treatment of travelers who have visited these countries needs to continue”, says state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell. In addition, health authorities have now reported a total of e...

Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Dr. Jack Regan, LexaGene’s CEO and Founder states, “I’m excited we have progressed to the point where we have started our FDA study. Our open-access technology is unlike any other on the market today, as it could be configured quickly to detect new variants, such as the recent UK variant (aka SARS-CoV-2 VUI 202012/01). Since our system is capable of high multiplexing and is microfluidic in nature, it is easy to add newly developed Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests to detect variants that are either poor matches to the vaccines or are resistan...

After nearly five years of negotiations, Britain and the European Union have reached an agreement on trade relations after Brexit. The announcement came on Christmas Eve, the traditional day when Czechs give each other presents. But was it a welcome gift for Czech businesses? I asked Lukáš Kovanda, the chief analyst at Trinity Bank, what he thinks of the Brexit deal. Lukáš Kovanda, foto: Khalil Baalbaki, Czech Radio “I think it is great news for the Czech Republic, as well as for other EU member states and Britain itself. After nearly five years of uncertainty, which was quite damaging ...

A study by the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has found that a very large share of people infected with coronavirus in the spring still had detectable antibodies six months later. The main aim of the study was to find out how long the antibodies last in SARS-CoV2 virus infected persons, and thus also to assess the duration of possible protection. A previous study by THL and the City of Helsinki found that nearly all those infected with coronavirus (63/64) formed antibodies, which also remained for a period of four months in most of the participants. Persistence Image by Pete L...

UK international trade department unveils fintech match-making initiative By Ian Hall on 22/12/2020 The DIT campaign will focus on promoting British solutions in areas including regtech, robotic process automation and AI | Credit: Pete Linforth; Pixabay The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) has launched a campaign to encourage international financial institutions (IFIs) to invest in British fintech. As part of the scheme, DIT will build a platform to help fintechs “connect with and advance commercial dialogue with IFIs” including asset managers, insurance and investment comp...