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Vaccine trends and Long covid

Written By Dr. John Campbell on Friday, Jun 04, 2021 | 10:58 AM

 
US https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/index.html https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases Cases, + 14,354 = 33,130,027 Deaths, + 437 = 592,776 Vaccinations https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.30.21257971v1.full.pdf At least one dose, 50.9% (169 million) Fully vaccinated, 41.2% (137 million) Vaccine trends https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends Global vaccination President Biden Pfizer, Moderna, J and J 80 million doses in June First 25 million 6 million, Central and South America 7 million, Asia 5 million Asia 6 million, Allies in need Mostly COVAX Sinovac Biotech (CoronaVac) Under licence in Pakistan as PacVac Dr June Raine, the chief executive of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). We have carefully reviewed clinical trial data in children aged 12 to 15 years and have concluded that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is safe and effective in this age group and that the benefits of this vaccine outweigh any risk UK, ONS https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19roundup/2020-03-26#health Week ending 21 May 2021 Prevalence England, 0.09% (1 in 1,120) Wales, 0.03% (1 in 3,850) NI, 0.12% (1 in 820) Scotland, 0.16% (1 in 630) These are likely to be compatible with variant B.1.617.2, first identified in India. Deaths + 107 (7 days, certificated) + 151 previous week 3.2% below 5 year average Long CoViD In people with self-reported long COVID More than one-third symptomatic after one year 2 May 2021 376,000 people infected during the โ€œfirst waveโ€ still symptomatic after one year Out of 1.0 million people with self-reported long COVID (more than 4 weeks) Of those reporting Long CoViD 63.7% some limitation to day-to-day activities 18.8% day-to-day activities limited a lot 35 to 69 years, more likely to report long COVID 70+ Relatively more common in: Females Deprived areas Health or social care workers Another activity-limiting health condition UK https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk Cases up 38.9% on the week