Top news of the week: 12.04.2022.
Coronavirus
COVID-19: Joint statement from ECDC and EMA on the administration of a fourth dose of mRNA vaccines
EMA and ECDC have reviewed currently available studies and epidemiological data to provide a common position for EU/EEA countries on the current need and potential benefit of a fourth dose ...
Covid-19: Ending free testing is a mistake
In light of escalating rates of infection, hospital admissions, and rising sickness absence rates, the UK government should reconsider the end to free covid-19 testing Helpfully, in the ...
Covid-19: Hospital and ambulance services struggle with huge demand and staff illness
Hospitals and ambulance services in England are facing “extreme pressures” and a high volume of staff absences, forcing some to declare critical incidents and others to warn of 12 hour ...
Covid-19: Symptomatic infection with omicron variant is milder and shorter than with delta, study reports
Vaccinated people infected with the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 had symptoms for 6.87 days on average, compared with 8.89 days with the delta variant, data from the ZOE app have shown.1 ...
Covid-19: Infections in England reached record high in March, finds React study
Covid-19 infections in England reached an “unprecedented” level last month, with prevalence higher than at any other time during the pandemic, the Real Time Assessment of Community ...
Fuels consumption still affected by COVID-19 in 2021
Since early 2020, EU Member States have been taking restrictive measures to slow down the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This didn’t stop in 2021, when different waves of COVID-19 ...
Risk of adverse events after covid-19 in Danish children and adolescents and effectiveness of BNT162b2 in adolescents: cohort study
Objectives To assess the risk of acute and post-acute adverse events after SARS-CoV-2 infection in children and adolescents in Denmark and to evaluate the real world effectiveness of the ...
Cornwall Council warns coronavirus is 'everywhere'
Public health bosses are urging residents to "act responsibly".