Political support for surveillance of COVID waning in Australia despite waves of mutations. Guidelines for ATAGI state that surveillance of infection rates, clinical outcomes, new variants and vaccine effectiveness is needed to inform future recommendations. #COVID19AUS @npub1j92g...6nfj Source:
New study suggests people who tested negative for Covid-19 can still develop long Covid. "Of the 103 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the U.S., an estimated one-third have led to long Covid — a condition that ranges in severity, but can be debilitating. A new study suggests that even more people may be suffering from the post-viral syndrome without having ever received an official diagnosis of Covid-19." “We estimated that there were approximately 10 million people in the first year of the pandemic in the U.S. who are in this predicament: who got Covid, got long Covid, but tested negative for Covid,” said Igor Koralnik, who led the study #COVID19 @npub1j92g...6nfj Source:
🇳🇿New Zealand COVID weekly update: 14 August to 20 August 2023 🔹New cases: 3,953 (-1,419) 🔹Reinfections: 1,816 (45.94%) 🔹Deaths: 37 (+15) 🔹Hospital: 158 (-13) 🔹ICU: 5 (+1) 🔸45.94% were reinfections 🔸Last week NZ removed the last of its COVID protections. Sadly, 37 deaths being reported today: 1 was aged between 10 and 19 years 2 were in their 30s 1 was in their 40s 2 were in their 50s 6 were in their 60s 6 were in their 70s 17 were in their 80s 2 were aged over 90 14 were women and 23 were men #COVID19NZ Data source: https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/our-health-system/data-and-statistics/covid-19-data/covid-19-current-cases/ image
COVID infection could speed up progression of dementia, new study finds. Research showed patients with various types of dementia all experienced rapid decline in brain function after contracting COVID-19. #COVID19 #dementia @npub1j92g...6nfj Source:
"The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a new wave of infections." #COVID19US #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne @npub1j92g...6nfj Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-urge-americans-get-new-covid-19-boosters-2023-08-20/ image
COVID cases increase as kids return to school. "Dr. Spitalnick says his biggest tip to parents is even if you don’t think it’s COVID, but your child is getting sick, still get them tested. And if they are positive, follow CDC recommendations on isolation." Source: CDC isolation and Precautions for People with COVID-19: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/isolation.html#:~:text=If%20you%20test%20positive%20for,unable%20to%20wear%20a%20mask. #COVID19 @npub1j92g...6nfj
🇪🇸 Spain: Mask mandates reinstated in Barcelona hospital. The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona ​will make mask wearing compulsory again in the emergency unit and for visitors due to the rebound in covid cases. #COVID19 #Spain @npub1j92g...6nfj #COVIDisAirborne #COVIDIsNotOver Source:
By Eric Feigl-Ding @npub1v0rs...9es9 "For the love of god and the health of your friends and family… don’t assume a variant will be mild, and don’t dismiss #LongCovid. Let’s follow the precautionary principle, given all the increased hospitalizations we have seen even from other new variants such as #EG5 #Eris." #CovidIsNotOver @npub1j92g...6nfj Twitter source: image
Symptoms of Eris variant appear a week before positive test, says report. In this, the individual experiences the symptoms of COVID, but the test result comes negative. "Then a week or so later, you take a turn for the worse and feel even more ill — and, perhaps miraculously, a test returns a positive result. The phenomenon, dubbed 'pre-Covid', is taking hold again amid a fresh uptick in infections from the virus" #COVID19 @npub1j92g...6nfj Source:
🇦🇺Australia's weekly reported COVID numbers: 18 August 2023 🔸Deaths: 48 (-27) 🔸Cases: 5,310 (+6) 🔹NSW: 2,123 / 19 🔹QLD: 1,008 / NR 🔹WA: 711 / 11 🔹VIC: 517 / 15 🔹SA: 481 / NR 🔹TAS: 215 / 1 🔹ACT: 175 / 2 🔹NT: 80 / 0 NR = Not Reported Change in reported weekly case numbers: 18 August 2023 🔸National: 🔺Up 0.1% 🔹VIC: 🔺Up 16.9% 🔹NSW: 🔺Up 6.5% 🔹WA: 🔺Up 5.0% 🔹QLD: 🔻Down 21.3% 🔹NT: 🔻Down 10.1% 🔹ACT: 🔻Down 8.3% 🔹SA: 🔻Down 4.3% 🔹TAS: 🔻Down 0.9% #COVID19Aus @npub1j92g...6nfj