The
flu vaccine
not only protects against the severe effects of the
coronavirus
but also reduces the morbidity of
Covid-19
patients
.
Are the findings of a study by the University of Miami with 70,000 patients from different parts of the world and concludes that the
vaccine
yearly flu "may protect against the severe effects" of the
coronavirus
.
The data of the coronavirus in Spain
Total figures
: 4,523,310 confirmed coronavirus cases with a diagnostic test for active infection;
There have been 81,773 deaths with a positive test as of August 3.
721,082 in Andalusia (10,238 dead)
148,902 in Aragon (3,604 dead)
67,164 in Asturias (2,006 dead)
84,792 in the Balearic Islands (866 dead)
81,894 in the Canary Islands (840 dead)
40,276 in Cantabria (579 dead)
213,913 in Castilla-La Mancha (6,029 dead)
279,883 in Castilla y León (7,007 dead)
843,391 in Catalonia (14,872 dead)
6,375 in Ceuta (117 dead)
470,308 in the Valencian Community (7,472 dead)
89,836 in Extremadura (1,826 dead)
162,971 in Galicia (2,461 dead)
826,332 in Madrid (15,550 dead)
9,743 in Melilla (99 dead)
127,843 in Murcia (1,621 dead)
76,904 in Navarra (1,192 dead)
235,331 in the Basque Country (4,599 dead)
36,370 in La Rioja (795 dead)
08.40.
The effectiveness of the Covid pharmacy tests in the midst of the fight against the fifth wave: 749 positives in just five days in Madrid
The advent of
self -
diagnostic test
of
Covid-19
, which are dispensed without a
prescription for less than 15 days, has launched many locals to
pharmacies
for, among other reasons, to
start the holidays safely.
And, in view of the preliminary results produced by these tests, demanded for months by the regional government from the central government, its use in the fight against the virus seems key in the middle of the
fifth wave
.
In the last five days,
749 asymptomatic people have tested positive
through these self-examinations in the Community of Madrid, according to the records of 900 102 112, the telephone number that the Ministry of Health has available to citizens for issues related to the coronavirus, as EL MUNDO has learned.
Given these figures, the Ministry of Health, through the Primary Care Management, has established a
protocol
so that those people who test positive in these self-diagnostic tests know what to do.
Thus, from the hand of pharmacists, when they acquire these tests, they will receive information on how they should act based on the result they obtain and the symptoms they present.
[Read here the complete information]
08.19.
The invisible epidemic of persistent Covid in children: "By recognizing that it exists, we will already have a lot of cattle"
One of the best news we could receive this summer is that the percentage of children who suffer from persistent Covid, a pathology that leaves sequelae for months, is small.
The negative part is that, with the uncontrolled transmission that minors are suffering in Spain, this slight proportion could translate into thousands of children and adolescents who will start the course with physical or cognitive problems.
Many will not even know what is wrong with them.
“The treatment or monitoring of these children is complicated, because it is a new virus that is now emerging with these types of problems.
We are continually learning to be able to address them ”, explains Fernando García-Sala, president of the Spanish Society of Out-of-hospital Pediatrics and Primary Care.
"If a child has suffered from Covid three, four weeks ago, and we see that he
has a loss of appetite, eats less, is more tired, does not want to play
... It can indicate that there is a persistent Covid".
[Read here the complete information]
07.54.
The safe return of the public to sport, pending Health and the communities
The Ministry of Health and the communities will seek this afternoon to combine the limitations that will mark the return of the public to mass sporting events, including the
Football League
, which will begin in less than two weeks when the wake of the
fifth wave
is yet to be seen.
the
pandemic
of the
coronavirus
.
They will do so in a new meeting of the Interterritorial Council of the National Health System a week after the Minister of Health and the councilors agreed to create a working group to define, depending on the accumulated incidence, the capacity and other
restrictions
on the return from fans to stadiums and pavilions.
While waiting to know what the position of each one of them will be, the idea is to establish "common and minimum" measures to make these spaces safe throughout the territory, Health sources inform Efe, since competition over capacity It is from the communities and not all of them bear the same pressure from the
coronavirus
.
07.33.
China suspends importation of products from two Ecuadorian firms after finding remains of coronavirus
The General Administration of Customs of
China
has temporarily suspended imports of the products of two Ecuadorian companies after detecting traces of
coronavirus
through nucleic acid tests
in the packages of their frozen products.
According to Chinese customs, remains of the coronavirus were found in four samples of three batches of frozen shrimp from Ecuador and exported to China by the companies
Proexpo
(Procesadora y Exportadora de Mariscos SA) and
Expalsa
(Exportadora de Alimentos SA).
As a preventive measure, the Chinese authorities will not accept export applications from these companies for one and two weeks, respectively.
In the same announcement, similar measures were reported against
a Mauritanian company
after customs found remains of the
coronavirus
in its packages of frozen sea snail meat.
07.10.
Thailand exceeds 20,000 daily coronavirus infections for the first time
The strong wave of
infections
and deaths with the
coronavirus
in Thailand continues to rise with 20,200 cases and 188
deaths
, new records, despite the strong measures imposed on Bangkok and 29 other provinces.
The outbreak, linked to the
Delta variant
of the virus, has led the Thai government to impose a night curfew, limiting meetings to five people and closing restaurants, shopping centers and other establishments.
The authorities, for the moment, rule out approving a 24-hour confinement and stricter restrictions against the outbreak detected in April and that since then accumulates more than 95% of the 672,385 cases registered since the beginning of the
pandemic
, and adds up to 98% of the 5,503 deceased.
07.00.
Flu vaccine reduces morbidity in coronavirus patients
A global study of more than 70,000 patients with the
coronavirus
showed that the annual flu vaccine "can protect against the severe effects" of the
coronavirus
, scientists from the University of Miami (UM) have reported.
The research carried out by the UM from patient records from the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Israel and Singapore, among other countries, indicates that they detected "an association between the flu vaccine and the reduction of morbidity in patients with
Covid-19
".
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