Category: Elderly
UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 3, 2022
The latest report by the UK Health and Security Agency giving figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period up to week 3, 2022. More...
Israel: 4th vaccine dose recommended for all adults
A panel of health experts advising the Israeli cabinet on the fight against the coronavirus pandemic has recommended that a 4th vaccine dose be administered to the population over the age of 18 if at least five months passed since receiving the third jab. More...
COVID-19 patients show more signs of brain damage than Alzheimer’s sufferers
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had higher levels over the short term of blood proteins known to rise with neurological damage than non–COVID-19 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, a new study finds. More...
UK: Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for week 2, 2022
A new report out today by the UK Health and Security Agency gives figures for Covid infections, hospitalizations and deaths by vaccination status for the period in which Omicron became dominant in Britain. More...
India: Man caught trying to get a 12th dose of Covid vaccine
An 84-year-old man from Bihar in India has claimed to have been inoculated with 11 doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
Preprint: SARS-CoV-2 persists throughout the human body and brain
“Our data prove that SARS-CoV-2 causes systemic infection and can persist in the body for months.” More...
London ablaze with Covid: Brixton has 4,445 Covid cases per 100,000 people
Central and south London are ablaze with Covid. Most areas of London have a case rate of over 1,600 per 100,000 people, and in Brixton, south London, the case rate is an astonishing 4,445 per 100,000 people. More...
Denmark: ~90% of Omicron cases are double or triple vaccinated *17 UPDATES*
Denmark’s SSI has revealed that the vast majority of people currently infected with the Omicron variant are double or triple vaccinated. More...
South Africa: Tshwane District Omicron Patient Profile
There has been a significant rise in new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Gauteng Province in the last four weeks which has been attributed to the new Omicron variant announced on 24 November 2021. More...
Sweden: 43% of patients in ICU are fully vaccinated, and the figure is rising
In September 2021, 23% of those cared for in Swedish IVA (ICU) were fully vaccinated. More...