‘Oku taupotu ‘i lalo ha fakamatala fakaTonga
There were 9883 new cases of Covid-19 reported in Aotearoa in the week to Sunday and a further 37 deaths attributed to the virus.
A total of 4722 were reinfections.
The seven-day rolling average of cases was down, to 1408.
There were 228 people in hospital at midnight Sunday, with seven cases in intensive care.
Last week, 12,028 new cases were reported and a further 59 deaths attributed to the virus.
Meanwhile, the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their guidance on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination in April 2023.
“All individuals above the age of six who had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 bivalent vaccine were considered to be āup-to-dateā with COVID-19 vaccination.
“Conversely, individuals were considered to be not āup-to-dateā if they had not received a single dose of a COVID-19 bivalent vaccine”.
Recent research has not been able to document the efficacy of the bivalent vaccine, while the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) XBB variants were the dominant circulating strains. Given that these viral variants remain the dominant circulating strains, it is reasonable to ask whether āup-to-dateā individuals, with a vaccine of inconclusive effectiveness, are protected against COVID-19 as compared to their not āup-to-dateā counterparts.
Addressing this issue, a recent study posted to theĀ medRxiv*Ā preprint server investigates whether not āup-to-dateā individuals had a higher risk of COVID-19 than āup-to-dateā individuals.
FAKAMATALA FAKATONGA
Naāe āi ai āa e keisi foāou āe 9883 āo e Koviti āi Aotearoa āi he uike kuo āosi ngata he SÄpate pea mo ha toe mate āe 37 tuāunga he vailasi.
Ko e toko 4722 ko e kau toe puke.
Ko e āavalisi āene vilo mai āa e ngaahi keisi āi he āaho āe 7 kotoa pe ne holo hifo ki he toko 1408.
Ko e Ā toko 228 ne nau āi he fale mahaki he tuāuapÅ āo e SÄpateā pea toko fitu āi he āinitenisivikea’.
āI he uike kuo āosi naāe lipooti ai ha keisi foāou ko e toko 12,028 mo ha toe mate āe 59 tupu mei he vailasi.
Taimi tatau pe kuo fakahÄ mei āAmelika mei he Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) āa hono talamuiaki āa āenau takiekina ki he huhu maluāi mei he 2019 ki he 2023.
Ko e tokotaha kotoa āi āolunga he taāu ono’ kuo’ ne āosi maāu ha huhu maluāi āe taha āo e Koviti 19 kuo lau ko kinautolu ia kuo kakato a’u ki he huhu malu’i fakamuimui taha’, ‘a honau huhu maluāi.
Kehe mei ai, ko kinautolu ne ‘ikai ke kakato a’u ki he fakamuimui taha ‘a honau huhu maluāi ko kinautolu ko ee teāeki āi ai haāanau foāi huhu maluāi āe tahaā.
Kuo teāeki lava āe ha fakatotolo fakamuimui ke tokiumeni āa e ola lelei āo e huhu maluāi lÅuaā lolotonga ia ko e fÅtunga kehe ‘o e severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) XBB āa e fÅtunga foāou āo e vailasi āoku kei viloā ni holoā.
Koeuhi ko e kei vilo holo āa e ngaahi fÅtunga foāou ko eni āo eĀ vailasi āoku āuhinga lelei ke āeke pe ko kinautolu ko eni kuo kakato a’u ki he fakamuimui taha ‘a honau huhu maluāi oku nau maluāi mei he Koviti’ fakahoa kia kinautolu ne āikai.
āE maāu āa e tali ki ai mei he link ko eni medRxiv*