FLiRT takes hold in the Netherlands

4 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s different about this summer’s FLiRT COVID wave

Salon

It’s not only a so-called “brat summer,” 2024 is also turning out to be a FLiRT summer — as in the collection of COVID-19 variants driving the latest summer wave. “I think we're in a summer COVID bump,” William Schaffner, a professor of infectious disease at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told Salon. “Unlike influenza, which essentially disappears during the summer, …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

The Highly Infectious FLiRT Variants Behind the Summer Covid Wave

Wired

This story originally appeared on WIRED Japan and has been translated from Japanese. The country’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases has reported that the average number of infected people per medical institution has been increasing rapidly since June. As of July 15, the US CDC estimated approximately 37 percent of new Covid cases in the United States were due to …

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5 months ago

New FLiRT Covid variant spreading across the UK as doctors issue summer warning

The Independent

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

COVID Is Surging Right Now. Here's What Alarms Doctors The Most.

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING We don’t typically associate hot weather with viral illnesses, but COVID has thwarted that in recent years. “It seems like we’re seeing more and more states showing increased levels of activity.” Here’s what to know about the summer COVID spike: What’s up with the new FLiRT variants? If you’re wondering whether you should get another jab now …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

COVID Is Surging Right Now. Here's What Alarms Doctors The Most.

Huff Post

KENT NISHIMURA via Getty Images US President Joe Biden speaks during the 115th National Association for the Advancement of Colored People National Convention in in Las Vegas, Nevada, on July 16, 2024. “It seems like we’re seeing more and more states showing increased levels of activity.” Here’s what to know about the summer COVID spike: What’s up with the new …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

COVID is rising in California. Here’s how to protect yourself from FLiRT subvariants

LA Times

Passengers prepare to ride a Metro rail line in Los Angeles. Consider taking a rapid COVID test once a day for three to five consecutive days after the onset of cough-and-cold symptoms, said Dr. Elizabeth Hudson, regional chief of infectious disease at Kaiser Permanente Southern California. Masking for 10 days to protect others The L.A. County Department of Public Health …

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7 months ago

What you need to know about the new ‘FliRT’ coronavirus variant, according to a doctor

CNN

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. KP.2, a member of the so-called FliRT variants, nicknamed after their mutations, has become the dominant coronavirus strain in the United States, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Home tests will likely still detect KP.2, the new coronavirus variant. Grace Cary/Moment RF/Getty Images CNN: What …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

There’s a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant. Could FLiRT lead to a summer uptick?

LA Times

Passengers with and without face masks travel through at Los Angeles International Airport in January. Two new COVID-19 subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, are increasingly edging out the winter’s dominant strain ahead of a possible summer uptick in coronavirus infections. “It’s been quite a while since we’ve had a new dominant variant in the U.S.,” said Dr. David Bronstein, an infectious …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

What is FLiRT, new COVID-19 variant threatening US?

Hindustan Times

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that there is an unfamiliar set of COVID-19 variants spreading across the US, which they collectively called FLiRT. Despite the ongoing threat posed by new variants, vaccination rates remain low The CDC reports that only 22.6% of adults in the U.S. have received the updated 2023-24 COVID-19 vaccine since its availability …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

FLiRT, new COVID-19 variant, spreads in US: Is it dangerous? Know symptoms and more

India TV News

The fight against COVID-19 has been ongoing for almost two years now, and it seems like the virus is not done throwing us curveballs just yet. Recently, a new variant of the virus called FLiRT has emerged in the United States and is causing concern among health officials. Symptoms of FLiRT One of the questions many people have about this …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

New Covid variant FLiRT: Should we be concerned? Know about symptoms, precautions

Live Mint

If you're worried about the latest buzz, there's a new group of COVID-19 variants within the Omicron JN.1 lineage. Hindustan Times reported that these variants, including KP.2 and KP 1.1, have new mutations that make them more contagious than previous Omicron variants. “FLiRT is a very interesting nickname for a group of Covid variants identified in the US. Its symptoms …

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9 months ago

Increased interest in measles vaccination nationwide after Eindhoven outbreak

NL Times

GGDs throughout the Netherlands have been receiving more questions about the MMR vaccination against measles, mumps, and rubella since the measles outbreak in the Eindhoven region, NOS reports after surveying nine of the 25 regional health services. The GGDs in Twente, Groningen, and Amsterdam said they receive “some more questions than typical.” Several GGDs report that parents often ask whether …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Dutch gov't blind to long-term consequences of coronavirus approach: Dutch Safety Board

NL Times

During the coronavirus pandemic, the Dutch government was so focused on keeping acute care available that it was blind to the other effects of its coronavirus policy. By focusing its policy on available ICU places, the government ignored other issues like health problems due to delayed care, Long Covid, and broader social problems. “During the coronavirus crisis, the Cabinet stuck …

Dutch Coronavirus Health Risks Care Cabinet Ovv

1 year, 4 months ago

Fast-spreading new coronavirus strain dubbed ‘variant of interest’

The Independent

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The World Health Organisation has classified a fast-spreading coronavirus strain circulating …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Summer brings COVID-19 uptick amid renewed travel, socializing. How bad will it get?

LA Times

Summer has brought an uptick in coronavirus transmission, but experts say it is still too early to tell whether the upswing represents a significant public health concern. “This comes at a time when people’s collective immunity is waning,” said UC San Francisco infectious-disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong. In L.A. County, public health officials have noted small increases in transmission but …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Nearly 36 million in Europe may have experienced long Covid, World Health Organization official says

Hindustan Times

Nearly 36 million people in Europe may have had long-lasting health problems from coronavirus infections they got during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization's regional director said Tuesday. Statistics from the University of Washington researchers indicate that about one in 30 of the region's residents have experienced “long COVID.” in the past three years. …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Netherlands offers free monkeypox vaccinations to people at increased risk

NL Times

People who are more likely to contract monkeypox can get vaccinated for free from now on. "Gay and bisexual men and trans people who have not been vaccinated before and who know for themselves that they are more likely to contract a monkeypox infection can make an appointment with their GGD from today," Soa Aids Netherlands said on Monday, referring …

Contract Monkeypox

1 year, 10 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic slowed Dutch population growth

NL Times

The coronavirus pandemic slowed down the growth of the Dutch population. At one point, growth was halved because more people died than were born and because fewer people could move to the Netherlands, Statistics Netherlands reported. The whole world was in lockdown, and migration - the Netherlands’ primary source of population growth - came to a standstill. In a review …

Netherlands

1 year, 11 months ago

Netherlands makes negative coronavirus test mandatory for travelers from China

NL Times

Travelers arriving in the Netherlands from China will need a negative coronavirus test starting next Tuesday. Health Minister Ernst Kuipers decided to order the restriction after other European member states had already taken similar measures. Kuipers had asked the Eerste Kamer, the upper house of Parliament, to come back from recess so that the senators could urgently deal with a …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Flu epidemic continuing into a third week; Flu cases at highest point in 3 years

NL Times

The flu epidemic in the Netherlands is continuing further into 2023. Last week, general practitioners saw 66 patients with flu-like symptoms for every 100,000 residents. Last week, research institute Nivel reported 70 residents with flu-like symptoms for every 100,000 inhabitants. The RIVM, the Dutch public health institute, generally considers an epidemic to be ongoing when more than 58 out of …

Flu Flu Epidemic

1 year, 11 months ago

Niesters: Illusion to think you can stop coronavirus

NL Times

Whether it is right for the government to offer travelers from China only a voluntary self-test for the coronavirus, virologist Bert Niesters does not know. The virologist explained that he is sometimes shocked at the number of people infected on flights from China. That is why, according to Niesters, it is important for China to continue testing for the coronavirus …

China Niesters

2 years ago

Coronavirus infections stable as Covid hits radio charity's plans

Dutch News

Coronavirus has flared up among the three members of the charity fundraising team ‘Serious Request’, in which three DJs are isolated in a glass house and raise money by carrying out interviews and playing requests in the run up to Christmas, under the full glare of the public. The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the Netherlands remains stable, but …

Coronavirus Virus Rivm

2 years ago

RIVM confirms flu epidemic in the Netherlands; Other respiratory viruses circulating

NL Times

The number of people with the flu has risen to such an extent that it is now officially an epidemic, the RIVM announced. "The flu virus is found in more and more throat and nose samples from people with flu-like complaints," said the national health institute on Wednesday. Previously, an epidemic was first named when more than 58 out of …

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2 years ago

Dutch Covid hospital patient total jumps by 27% as new coronavirus variant dominates

NL Times

After weeks of declining figures, the number of patients receiving treatment for Covid-19 in Dutch hospitals rose by 27 percent since last Tuesday, according to data from patient coordination service LCPS. Meanwhile, the number of new coronavirus infections remained roughly flat this week, but the Omicron sub-variant BQ.1 has emerged as the new dominant strain of the virus in the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Research into Long Covid causes urgently needed, experts say

Dutch News

More research is urgently needed into the diagnosis and treatment of Long Covid which is affecting the lives of ‘tens of thousands’ of people, experts have said. Persistent fatigue, muscle pain and memory loss are the main symptoms but there is a wide list of around 200 Long Covid-related health problems which manifest themselves differently in each patient, making diagnosis …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Research into Long Covid causes urgently needed, experts say

Dutch News

More research is urgently needed into the diagnosis and treatment of Long Covid which is affecting the lives of ‘tens of thousands’ of people, experts have said. Persistent fatigue, muscle pain and memory loss are the main symptoms but there is a wide list of around 200 Long Covid-related health problems which manifest themselves differently in each patient, making diagnosis …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Why Does the U.S. Always Seem to Get Coronavirus Variants After Europe Does?

Slate

COVID cases have recently spiked in Europe, fueled by dropping temperatures, indoor socializing, and an unwelcome brood of antibody-dodging omicron subvariants. “In the past, what’s happened in Europe often has been a harbinger for what’s about to happen in the United States,” Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, tells …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Dutch Covid infections fall 22% to lowest point in 4 weeks; Hospital total declining

NL Times

The number of new coronavirus infections diagnosed in the Netherlands over the past seven days fell to the lowest point in four weeks, the Dutch public health institute RIVM said on Tuesday. Also, during the last calendar week, 5 percent of people surveyed by the RIVM reported having symptoms of Covid-19, down from 5.4 percent the previous week. Covid hospital …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus subvariant could lead to increase in infections: ECDC

NL Times

A subvariant of the coronavirus, BQ.1, will become dominant in Europe sometime between mid-November and early December, the European health service ECDC expects. The dominance of BQ.1 and its sub-variant, BQ.1.1, is likely to lead to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases in the coming weeks to months. The subvariants are already circulating in the Netherlands, according to …

Coronavirus Netherlands Subvariant Ecdc

2 years, 2 months ago

Nearly 5,000 Covid-19 deaths in first half of 2022, bringing Dutch total towards 45,000

NL Times

A total of 1,420 people in the Netherlands died of Covid-19 in the second quarter, down from 3,564 coronavirus deaths in the first quarter of 2022. That brings the total number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic to 44,760, Statistics Netherlands reported on Friday. The decrease is likely due to the high vaccination rate in the …

Netherlands First Half Excess Mortality Bringing Dutch

2 years, 2 months ago

New coronavirus infections fall for the first time in seven weeks

NL Times

The number of coronavirus infections diagnosed in the Netherlands over the last seven days was 4 percent lower than the week before. A total of 22,688 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, down from 23,693 the week before, the RIVM said on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the RIVM said that 677 people entered hospitals requiring treatment for Covid-19 during the last …

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2 years, 2 months ago

More coronavirus patients admitted to hospital, positive tests rise 55%

Dutch News

The number of coronavirus patients admitted to hospital has risen sharply over the past seven days and positive tests are also going up, public health institute RIVM said in its weekly Tuesday update. Over 19,000 positive tests were also recorded by regional health centres, a rise of 55% on a week ago. The figures do not reflect the true number …

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2 years, 2 months ago

More coronavirus patients admitted to hospital, positive tests rise 55%

Dutch News

The number of coronavirus patients admitted to hospital has risen sharply over the past seven days and positive tests are also going up, public health institute RIVM said in its weekly Tuesday update. Over 19,000 positive tests were also recorded by regional health centres, a rise of 55% on a week ago. The figures do not reflect the true number …

Coronavirus Virus Rivm Positive Tests

2 years, 2 months ago

Dutch Covid hospital total and coronavirus infections both doubled in about 2 weeks

NL Times

Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 873 people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus on Tuesday afternoon, the highest total in two months. Any ambiguity about the arrival of the autumn coronavirus wave disappeared, with the disclosure that more than 19,000 new infections were recorded in the Netherlands, an increase of 55 percent in a week, and more than double the …

Coronavirus Netherlands Hospital Total Infections Rivm Lcps

2 years, 2 months ago

No need for action now on coronavirus, says public health chief

Dutch News

The Netherlands does not yet need to take any new steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus and the increase in infections over the past two weeks is ‘relatively modest’, Jaap van Dissel, head of the public health institute RIVM told MPs on Wednesday. Van Dissel, who was addressing parliament’s healthcare committee, said most people who are currently infected have …

Mit

2 years, 2 months ago

No need for action now on coronavirus, says public health chief

Dutch News

The Netherlands does not yet need to take any new steps to prevent the spread of coronavirus and the increase in infections over the past two weeks is ‘relatively modest’, Jaap van Dissel, head of the public health institute RIVM told MPs on Wednesday. Van Dissel, who was addressing parliament’s healthcare committee, said most people who are currently infected have …

Mit

2 years, 2 months ago

RIVM: No new Covid restrictions despite rising cases; NL unprepared for sharp increase

NL Times

It is not yet necessary to take extra measures against the spread of the coronavirus, Jaap van Dissel of the public health institute RIVM said in a briefing to parliament on Wednesday. Unenthusiastic vaccination turnout; Face masks should return, experts say Figures from the RIVM show that people who got their Covid-19 vaccinations and a booster shot are 47 percent …

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2 years, 2 months ago

The autumn coronavirus wave may have begun, RIVM says

Dutch News

The number of registered positive coronavirus tests is going up and it is possible that the ‘expected autumn wave has begun,’ health institute RIVM said on Tuesday. The positive tests total, hospital admissions and the key reproduction rate have all risen over the past week, the RIVM said in its weekly update. In total, the institute registered 12,269 positive tests …

Coronavirus Rivm

2 years, 2 months ago

The autumn coronavirus wave may have begun, RIVM says

Dutch News

The number of registered positive coronavirus tests is going up and it is possible that the ‘expected autumn wave has begun,’ health institute RIVM said on Tuesday. The positive tests total, hospital admissions and the key reproduction rate have all risen over the past week, the RIVM said in its weekly update. In total, the institute registered 12,269 positive tests …

Coronavirus Rivm

2 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl

Dutch News

The Netherlands should be prepared to deal with a flare up in coronavirus in the coming months, even though the World Health Organisation has said the end of the pandemic is in sight, according to virologist Marion Koopmans. ‘And in the winter, in particular, hospitals cannot deal with much more.’ Koopmans, a professor at the Erasmus teaching hospital in Rotterdam, …

Coronavirus Virus

2 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus will be with us this winter, experts tell Nu.nl

Dutch News

The Netherlands should be prepared to deal with a flare up in coronavirus in the coming months, even though the World Health Organisation has said the end of the pandemic is in sight, according to virologist Marion Koopmans. ‘And in the winter, in particular, hospitals cannot deal with much more.’ Koopmans, a professor at the Erasmus teaching hospital in Rotterdam, …

Coronavirus Virus

2 years, 3 months ago

Half of Netherlands won't get repeat Covid vaccination

NL Times

About half of adult Netherlands residents see no need to get another jab against the coronavirus, NOS reports based on a survey by I&O Research. The researchers expect that the adults who didn’t get the booster shot will also not get the repeat shot. Of those who did get the booster, 17 percent said they wouldn’t or probably wouldn’t get …

Netherlands Shot Repeat

2 years, 3 months ago

Next round of Covid vaccinations in the Netherlands starts on Monday

NL Times

The Netherlands’ next round of coronavirus vaccinations will start on Monday. As with previous rounds of coronavirus vaccinations, healthcare workers with patient contact and people vulnerable to the coronavirus will be first in line to get their shot. “The repeat jab is extra important for you because you have a higher risk of becoming seriously ill from corona,” the government …

Coronavirus Shot Rivm

2 years, 3 months ago

Long Covid cost up to €180 billion per coronavirus year

NL Times

The social costs of Long Covid in the Netherlands could amount to 180 billion euros per coronavirus year, health economist Xander Koolman of the VU Amsterdam said on NPO Radio 1. That lost labor market potential combined with the costs of treatment would result in a social cost of about 180 billion euros per coronavirus year. It could turn out …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Netherlands must prepare society for future Covid waves: Advisory bodies

NL Times

We have to learn to live with the coronavirus, so the government must prepare society as soon as possible for the next phase of the pandemic, 14 agencies, including the Scientific Council for Government Policy, said in advice to the Cabinet. Among other things, the Netherlands must invest in good digital infrastructure so that the switch to online classes and …

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