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LATEST: Spain reports new record high of daily Covid-19 infections

Spain has yet again reported a new record high in coronavirus infections with 93,822 new cases registered over the weekend.

Published: 26 January 2021 10:00 CET
LATEST: Spain reports new record high of daily Covid-19 infections

The average 14-day incidence rate across the country has jumped to 885 cases per 100,000 people, more than tripling from a month ago.

The rate has already soared over 1,300 cases in four regions of Spain; Extremadura (1,381.37) Murcia (1,371.91) Valencia (1,339.67) Castilla y Leon (1,351.80).


The charts above show the cumulative incidence rate across each of Spain's regions. Source: Spain's Ministry of Health Jan 25 2021

 

Infections registered in Spain now total 2,593,382 since the pandemic began, while the death toll increased by 767 to 56,208, health ministry data showed.

“Spain is not doing well and we have to be aware of it,” Fernando Simón, Health Emergency Coordinator, told a news briefing on Monday evening.

He admitted that stricter measures will be needed to flatten the curve of the third wave and ease pressure on hospitals.

The charts below show the evolution of coronavirus in Spain since July, recording infections, hospitalizations, ICU occupancy and deaths.

 

 

The data released by the Health Ministry showed that Spain’s infection rate at 884.7 cases per 100,000 has now overtaken the United Kingdom (862.9) and is only behind Portugal (1,484)Czech Republic (1,010.4) and Ireland (926.9) on the list of European nations.

Simón explained that the highly contagious variant of the virus first detected in Britain was not responsible for the surge in Spain and only accounted for around 5 percent of current infections.

He did however warn that it could become the dominant variant by March.

Regional authorities have tightened restrictions yet again with Valencia and Murcia banning gatherings of more than two people, while Galicia has banned people from socialising outside of their own household.

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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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