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Denmark sets record for number of new Covid-19 cases

Denmark set a new record for the number of people testing positive for coronavirus on Friday, with 1,191 people diagnosed since the last figures were announced on Thursday.

Published: 30 October 2020 17:08 CET
Denmark sets record for number of new Covid-19 cases
Customers wearing face masks at a branch of the Føtex supermarket chain. Photo: Liselotte Sabroe/Scanpix
The new figure from Denmark's SSI infectious diseases agency was slightly above the previous record set on Monday, dashing hopes that the country's second wave of infections had already peaked. 
 
The record came at the same time as the country carried out 71,059 tests in a single day, setting another record. 
 
Of these, 1.7 percent were positive for Covid-19, more or less level with the 1.8 percent registered on Thursday. 
 
At the same time, there were 33 new patients admitted to hospital with the virus, three new deaths and 25 patients discharged, increasing the total number currently being treated in hospital by five to 144.
 
The total death toll from coronavirus in Denmark is now 719.  
 
 
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Of Denmark's municipalities, 93 are now over the 'safe' limit of 20 infected per 100,000 inhabitants, with the 11 worst-affected all around the capital of Copenhagen. 
 
The worst-hit municipality is currently Høje Tåstrup, on the outskirts of the capital, with 452 infected per 100,000 over the last week. 
 
Although the number of new infections registered is higher than in the spring, testing levels today are much higher, meaning the real level of infections then was probably several times higher in spring, with 535 people treated in hospital at peak. 
 

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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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