New Zealand county Nelson testing vaccine reports New Zealand county Nelson

More than a million booster doses given; 25 community cases; 10 in hospital

Reading now: 550
www.health.govt.nz

More than 1 million booster doses have now been administered – 57% of those who are due. Boosters lower your chances of COVID-19, including the Omicron variant, making you very sick and being hospitalised, and help to slow the spread of the virus.

If you’re 18 or older and it’s been 4 months since your second vaccine dose, get your booster as soon as you can. Book your booster or find a walk-in vaccination centre at BookMyVaccine.nz.

More than 100,000 5-to-11-year-olds have now either had or are booked to have their first dose of the paediatric vaccine, about 23 per cent of the age group.

The Ministry of Health recommends vaccinating tamariki to keep them safe and help protect whānau and communities from COVID-19.

Read more on health.govt.nz
The website covid-19.rehab is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

Doug Ford - Mustafa Hirji - Experts leaning towards evolution of a seasonal infection and living with COVID-19 - globalnews.ca - county Niagara
globalnews.ca
95%
960
Experts leaning towards evolution of a seasonal infection and living with COVID-19
Omicron wave has plateaued in the province, some medical experts say there are signs society may be headed for a stage where we live with a form of COVID-19 on a regular basis.Some infectuous disease specialists have speculated the Omicron variant could shift COVID-19 from “pandemic” to “endemic,” meaning the circulating virus no longer has the steep waves of outbreaks that hammer hospital capacity and force society to adapt.Thomas Tenkate, a professor with Ryerson University who specializes in health and safety, says he interprets messaging last week from Premier Doug Ford and the province’s chief medical officer as saying “we’re not ever going to get rid of COVID.” Omicron and living with COVID: Why the new variant might change the timeline “So we have to work out how do we manage that in a way that ensures the health care system isn’t overwhelmed,” Tenkate told 900 CHML’s Hamilton Today.“Those measures are very similar to the measures that we’ve been using already.”He says the acceptance of being in an endemic stage revolves around a “thought process and control options” similarly used for seasonal flu and other respiratory viruses.“I suppose they’re using that term, ‘learn to live with it,’ because it’s sort of saying it’s not going to go away,” said Tenkate.Niagara Region’s acting medical officer says although the vaccines are protecting Ontarians and some of the world, there are no indications that population immunity from COVID will be achieved.“Even if we do get that endemic state, immunity is going to wane over time and we’re going to lose that equilibrium,” Dr.
Pennsylvania adding long-term care beds to ease COVID-19 crunch - fox29.com - state Pennsylvania - Philadelphia - city Harrisburg, state Pennsylvania - city Pittsburgh - county York - county Blair - county Clarion - city Scranton
fox29.com
65%
615
Pennsylvania adding long-term care beds to ease COVID-19 crunch
(Photo by Cesar Gomez/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is setting up four regional support sites with as many as 120 beds to help hospitals and nursing homes under strain from COVID-19, state officials said Monday.The temporary sites will be located in existing skilled nursing facilities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, as well as in Blair and Clarion counties, and will allow hospitals to more rapidly discharge patients in need of long-term care.Pennsylvania nursing homes have been reporting dire staffing shortages that forced many of them to stop accepting new residents, which in turn has prevented hospitals jammed with COVID-19 patients from discharging patients who require skilled nursing care.Though pandemic-related hospitalizations are dropping in Pennsylvania, the state still has thousands of people in the hospital with COVID-19. Acting Secretary of Health Keara Klinepeter on Monday called it an "acute situation.""COVID-19 hospitalizations remain at historically high levels and healthcare workers need some support to get through this current surge," she said.General Healthcare Resources will supply clinical staff to the long-term-care support facilities under contract with the state, with workers to be recruited from outside Pennsylvania.
Shirley Ballas - Shirley Ballas shares health update as she heads back to hospital on day off from Strictly - express.co.uk - Usa - Britain
express.co.uk
57%
457
Shirley Ballas shares health update as she heads back to hospital on day off from Strictly
Shirley Ballas, 61, posted on social media to thank her pal Karen Hilton, who drove her to hospital on her day off from the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour.The star had to see doctors about her shoulder, following her cancer scare in June of last year.Shirley took to Instagram yesterday, sharing a health update to a story in view of her 237,000 followers.She wrote: “A huge thank you to @Karenmarcus1960 for always being there for me.“Day off from the Strictly tour drive back to London, trip to the hospital re my shoulder.” (sic)“Always on hand to help me,” she added in reference to her friend from her ballroom days.“Huge gratitude now on my way back to the North Sheffield,” she continued. (sic)“Thank you Karen you are the best caring person.” (sic)In the post Shirley tagged @Karenmarcus1960, which is a joint account shared by dancing husband and wife duo Karen Hilton MBE and Marcus Hilton MBE.The British dance couple are noted for competing in the disciplines of Ballroom and Latin American, and have earned a number of championship titles, including the World Professional Ballroom Championship, which they have won a total of nine times.Last year, Shirley shared the news that she had endured a cancer scare after discovering a lump on her shoulder.Speaking on GB News last June, she described her “worrying” health issues as she revealed that she was also suffering from COVID-19 at the same time.“I got the Covid virus and then they found a ganglion cyst or a tumour in my shoulder,” she explained.“I am going backwards and forwards to the hospital all the time.
DMCA