Case series of four re-infections with a SARS-CoV-2 B.1.351 variant, Luxembourg, February 2021.

We describe four SARS-CoV-2 re-infections with a B.1.351 variant in 2021, in healthcare workers (HCWs) previously infected in 2020, before detection of this variant in Europe. Cases live in France, near the border with Luxembourg, where variants B.1.351 and B.1.1.7 circulated. All work in the same hospital unit where a cluster of COVID 19 with B1.351 variant occurred, affecting patients and HCWs. Before the cluster onset, HCWs used surgical masks, as per recommendations. After cluster onset, HCWs used FFP2 masks.

Pediatric Life-Threatening Coronavirus Disease 2019 With Myocarditis.

We report the case of a pediatric life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 who presented as myocarditis with heart failure. Clinicians should be aware of this severe presentation of the disease in children, possibly linked to an exaggerated inflammatory host immune response to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.