- The total balance is what the Public Health Agency does best, but where we are on the hospital track and how big a challenge it will be for healthcare depends on how the Östergötland population chooses to behave, says Britt Åkerlind.
The spread of infection is ongoing, but has slowed down and leveled out.
The vaccination means that not as many people now can become infected.
In hospitals, the number of covid patients has risen slowly but not as dramatically as before.
Most unvaccinated
The absolute majority of covid patients in the county's hospitals are unvaccinated and it is still the younger 20 to 29 years who have the lowest coverage, while those over 60 to 90 to 95 percent are vaccinated.
- I appeal to younger people to get vaccinated based on social responsibility and unfortunately everyone can get long-term covid, that is, a long-term illness with fatigue where you do not recognize yourself, says Britt Åkerlind.
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