Vaccines very effective against hospital and ICU admissions, also for Delta variant COVID-19 vaccines work well in preventing people from being admitted to hospital or ICU for COVID-19, according to a new analysis by RIVM.
COVID-19 vaccination reduces transmission Vaccination against COVID-19 reduces the transmission of the virus from one person to another. This is apparent from RIVM research using data from source and contact tracing by the Municipal Public Health Services (GGDs).
Nearly 85% of people aged 18 and over have had at least one vaccination The RIVM vaccination update this week has been expanded to include three maps of the Netherlands. For the first time, it is now possible to see vaccination turnout by municipality for everyone aged 18 years and over.
Hospital admissions appear to have peaked, 44% fewer positive COVID-19 tests 541 new COVID-19 hospital admissions were reported last week, 23 fewer than in the week before, when 564 people with COVID-19 were admitted to hospital.
Is screening for sexually transmitted infections as part of HIV care cost-effective in the Netherlands? Routine screening for anorectal chlamydia among HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) could avert further spread of chlamydia and HIV in the total MSM population.
ICP M&M meetings in 2012 The 22nd CCE workshop 2012 and 28th Task Force Meeting of the ICP M&M are held 16-19 April 2012 in Warsaw, Poland
No evidence for zoonotic infection caused by Schmallenbergvirus In total, 301 persons were tested for antibodies to Schmallenberg virus by virus neutralization test.