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Indonesia: The Ministry of Health has allowed the second dose of COVID-19 booster vaccination, or the fourth injection, to elderly people over 60 years of age. This is in anticipation of an increase in cases in recent times.

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Elderly Now Allowed To Receive A Second Booster Vaccine This is a list of vaccines that can be used for the second booster vaccination for the elderly.

The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, a study published on Thursday suggests.

“Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the risk of both acute outcomes and long COVID,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. “This was evident in unvaccinated, vaccinated and boosted people.”

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Repeat COVID is riskier than first infection, study finds The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, a study

When we hear about new COVID variants, three key questions spring to mind: is it more transmissible compared with previous variants? Can it cause more severe illness? And can it escape our immune response? Let’s take a look at what we know so far.

Omicron BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 – an expert answers three key questions about these new COVID variants Two new omicron subvariants, BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 could lead to another COVID surge. Here’s what we know so far.

COVID-19 activates a similar inflammatory response in the brain to Parkinson's disease, a University of Queensland-led study suggests.

Infectious disease specialist Paul Griffin, who was not involved in the study, described the research as “extremely valuable” but was cautious about its findings.

“This is a good platform upon which more research can be based but it’s still very early,” Dr Griffin said.

“A lot of this makes sense with what we understand how the virus causes problems.

“A lot of the manifestations from the heart issues to the lung issues to the brain issues, they’re probably all inflammatory in nature.”

Dr Griffin said the study was another reason why it was important “that we still do what we can to reduce the burden” of the pandemic virus.

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COVID-19 activates similar response to Parkinson's disease, study suggests A University of Queensland-led study finds COVID-19 activates a similar inflammatory response to Parkinson's disease, but scientists warn it's too early to cause alarm with more work needed into how the virus affects the brain.

The APACI 26th October Media Bulletin is now out:
COVID-19, Dengue, RSV, Fungal Pathogens and Vaccine Hesitancy.
http://ow.ly/cbQz50LkWMV

The APACI 5th October Media Bulletin is now out.
http://ow.ly/lUWI50L1xlb

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The APACI's 24 June Media Bulletin is out.
http://ow.ly/bQ4750JGinl

The APACI's 22 June Media Bulletin is out.
http://ow.ly/21MQ50JEjSA

The APACI's 20 June Media Bulletin is out.
http://ow.ly/Leo750JB8Ue