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COVID19 Updates – Part 1 – Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #674 Dear Colleagues!  This is Asrar Qureshi’s Blog Post #674 for Pharma Veterans. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on  WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. Photo Credit: Eric McLean Photo Credit: Sarah Chai This post is based on a July 28, 2022 article and the WHO living guidelines. The links appear at the end. Epidemic is when a disease is temporarily present in a locality, spreading from person to person, but restricted to the locality. Pandemic is when a disease is prevalent in a country, continent, or the whole world.  Endemic is when a disease is persisting in a population or region, generally having settled to a relatively constant rate of occurrence. COVID19 has entered the endemic stage in many countries, including Un...

SARS-CoV-2 Variants – Part 2 – Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #575 by Asrar Qureshi Dear Colleagues!  This is Pharma Veterans’ Blog Post #575. Pharma Veterans welcome sharing of knowledge and wisdom by Veterans for the benefit of Community at large. Pharma Veterans Blog is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress, the top blog site. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here. In addition to the variants described in the last post, ECDC reports following additional variants. • Mu, Lambda, and 1 undetermined each from Colombia, Peru, and UK respectively as VOI • Alpha from UK, Epsilon from USA, Eta from Nigeria, Theta from Philippines, Kappa from India, Iota from USA, Zeta from Brazil, and 18 undetermined variants were identified but later de-escalated due to less prevalence. Vaccines Efficacy against Sars-COV-2 Variants The efficacy of all major vaccines has been determined against all Variants of Concern. Here is the snapshot. All results are for t...