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Danish data authority hopes to recover coronavirus emails after deletion

The Danish Health Data Authority (Sundhedsdatastyrelsen, SDS) has deleted emails sent during the coronavirus crisis and has also deleted emails sent by national infectious disease institute Statens Serum Institute (SSI).

Published: 1 October 2020 15:23 CEST
Danish data authority hopes to recover coronavirus emails after deletion
State Serum Institute emails are amongst those accidentally deleted by the Danish health data agency. Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix

The data agency has said that the SSI deletions were a mistake and that it hopes to recover them, IT Watch reports.

All emails sent by the staff at SSI and SDS up to July 22nd were deleted in a “regrettable error”, the data agency has confirmed according to the report.

“It will be possible to recover most internal emails as well as external emails that had an internal recipient on the recipient list, however,” the agency said in a statement reported by IT Watch.

The issue is a potentially serious one because it can prevent access to documentation of decision-making processes during Denmark’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This should otherwise be ensured by Danish freedom of information laws.

“Deeply regrettable and unforeseeable mistakes have been made which we take full responsibility for. We will do everything we can to minimise the consequences and are working to recover as many emails as possible, including with technical solutions,” SDS deputy director Vibeke van der Sprong said.

The agency is responsible for IT at departments and agencies under the Ministry of Health.

The matter has been reported to national watchdog Datatilsynet, according to IT Watch.

READ ALSO: Denmark steps up coronavirus face mask recommendations

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Public Health Agency recommends two Covid doses next year for elderly

Sweden's Public Health Agency is recommending that those above the age of 80 should receive two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine a year, once in the spring and once in the autumn, as it shifts towards a longer-term strategy for the virus.

Published: 23 December 2022 10:53 CET
Public Health Agency recommends two Covid doses next year for elderly

In a new recommendation, the agency said that those living in elderly care centres, and those above the age of 80 should from March 1st receive two vaccinations a year, with a six month gap between doses. 

“Elderly people develop a somewhat worse immune defence after vaccination and immunity wanes faster than among young and healthy people,” the agency said. “That means that elderly people have a greater need of booster doses than younger ones. The Swedish Public Health Agency considers, based on the current knowledge, that it will be important even going into the future to have booster doses for the elderly and people in risk groups.” 

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People between the ages of 65 and 79 years old and young people with risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes, poor kidney function or high blood pressure, are recommended to take one additional dose per year.

The new vaccination recommendation, which will start to apply from March 1st next year, is only for 2023, Johanna Rubin, the investigator in the agency’s vaccination programme unit, explained. 

She said too much was still unclear about how long protection from vaccination lasted to institute a permanent programme.

“This recommendation applies to 2023. There is not really an abundance of data on how long protection lasts after a booster dose, of course, but this is what we can say for now,” she told the TT newswire. 

It was likely, however, that elderly people would end up being given an annual dose to protect them from any new variants, as has long been the case with influenza.

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