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Omicron and older people. New data on severity and hospitalisations from South Africa.
On 21 December 2021, South Africa’s National Institute for Infectious Diseases published new data on Omicron. The data are able to differentiate between cases that are almost certainly Omicron variant (S-gene target failure) and those related to other variants (essentially Delta).
OMICRON y las personas mayores en los países de ingresos bajos y medios: actualización 20 de diciembre de 2021
Este artículo se basa en el último informe técnico global de la OMS sobre Omicron, con fecha el 17 de diciembre de 2021.
OMICRON and older people in low and middle-income countries: update 20 December 2021
This piece draws on the latest WHO Global Omicron Technical Brief, dated 17 December 2021.
South Africa: Booster vaccines must be offered to older people immediately
The six month gap is too long. It should be reduced to four.
COVID-19 and long-term care in the Western Cape, South Africa. A tale of two facilities.
Little information is currently available about how COVID-19 has affected long-term care facilities (LTCFs) in countries like South Africa.
World Health Organisation data show Bolivia has provided more doses of COVID-19 vaccine to people aged under 30 than to people aged 60 or more.
Recently, WHO started to publish data on COVID-19 vaccination for older people and total population. For some of the countries which are included on the WHO site, the data are alarming.
Older people in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand have a lower COVID-19 vaccine priority than younger people and this is causing thousands of needless deaths.
Recently, WHO started to publish data on COVID-19 vaccination for older people and total population. Although the site includes information for a large number of countries, several are not included.
Older people and social movements in times of COVID-19 – Brazil’s National Front to Strengthen the Long-Term Care Institutions for Older People. An interview with Karla Giacomin.
By Fabiana C. Saddi and...
COVID-19 and community health services for dependent older people in Fortaleza, Brazil
It can be taken for granted that the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced older people’s access to essential health and social care services. However, collecting specific data on these effects has been challenging.