World News Briefs: COVID-19 And Respiratory Infections Rising-Paraguay, United States, Spain, Portugal, Japan, Bolivia, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium
Nikhil Prasad Fact checked by:Thailand Medical News Team Jun 04, 2024 1 year, 8 months, 1 week, 4 days, 20 hours, 59 minutes ago
Paraguay - More Than 200 Hospitalizations Due To Respiratory Infections I A Week.
Health authorities in Paraguay reported more than 200 hospitalizations due to various respiratory infections in a week. 46% of these were young children. In the last 3 weeks more than 665 individuals were hospitalized for H3N2, H1N1, Rhinovirus and SARS-CoV-2. 125 of these needed ICU care.
https://www.abc.com.py/nacionales/2024/05/31/casos-respiratorios-mas-de-200-personas-fueron-hospitalizadas-en-una-semana/
World News Briefs: COVID-19 And Respiratory Infections Rising-Paraguay,
United States, Spain, Portugal, Japan, Bolivia, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium.
Strangely reported figures do not tally with what local hospitals are reporting. Luque Hospital for instance reported over 1,300 respiratory disease cases in the last week!
https://x.com/780AM/status/1797610549317955920
United States - Walgreens COVID-19 Positivity Tracker Shows That COVID-19 Test Positivity Rates Have Now Reached 22.9 %
Walgreen’s COVID-19 platform is now showing that the average COVID-19 test positivity rate for the country has now reached 22.9% for the current week.
The states greatly affected with rising COVID-19 infections are Hawaii, Vermont, Massachusetts, Montana, Rhode Island, West Virginia, New York, California and Colorado and Kansas.
https://www.walgreens.com/healthcare-solutions/covid-19-index
In Spain, COVID-19 Is The Only Respiratory Infection Causing Havoc.
It has been reported that RSV and influenza infections are on a decline in Spain whereas COVID-19 is now the main rising respiratory infection in the country.
https://cadenaser.com/andalucia/2024/05/31/el-aumento-de-las-afecciones-respiratorias-en-la-provincia-se-deben-a-una-nueva-ola-epidemica-de-covid-radio-cordoba/
In Galicia, COVID-19 cases are also rising at alarming levels.
https://fonte.es/A-UTILIDADES/2020-01-01~Informacion_covid.html
https://fonte.es/A-UTILIDADES/2020-01-01~Informacion_covid.html
Cases Rising In Portugal As Well
Latest data shows that COVID-19 infections are rising in Portugal
https://x.com/evelio_prieto/status/1797729518209114456
COVID-19 Infections Rising In Okinawa
-Japan.
Local Japanese doctor are warning that COVID-19 infections are rising in Okinawa-Japan and urge local to start masking.
https://x.com/triangle24/status/1797645197243003089
COVID-19 News reports are also emerging that hospitals in Okinawa are once again getting overwhelmed.
https://www.excite.co.jp/news/article/OkinawaTimes_1371041/
Bolivia Hit By Triple Pandemic - RSV, Influenza And SARS-CoV-2
Bolivia is experiencing a surge in respiratory infections as the Southern hemisphere goes in to a winter season. Authorities report a surge in RSV, Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infections.
https://www.urgente.bo/noticia/tres-virus-golpean-en-la-%C3%A9poca-de-fr%C3%ADo-en-bolivia
Latest Data Shows That COVID-19 Is Also Increasing In Northern Ireland
Data of COVID-19 Infections rates in the last epi week 21 in Ireland shows that COVID-19 infections are also rising in the country.
https://x.com/gwladwr/status/1797594487482675652
https://www.rivm.nl/en/coronavirus-covid-19/current/weekly-update/map-average-number-of-virus-particles-in-sewage
Waste Water Data In Netherlands Shows That Shows Rising COVID-19 Infections Waster water surveillance shows rising COVID-19 infections across Netherlands.
https://x.com/gwladwr/status/1797594487482675652
Belgium Also Witnessing A COVID-19 Surge
Like elsewhere, waste water surveillance also shows that COVID-19 infections are rising in Belgium
https://x.com/ELwollants/status/1797641349896036480
Stay tuned as we will be providing more news briefs and emerging data on rising COVID-19 infections across the world.
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