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Seville (Spain), Oct 18 (EFE) .- (Camera Juan García-Chicano) Andalusia has begun this Monday the administration of the third dose of the covid vaccine to people over 70 years of age in conjunction with that of the flu.FOOTAGE OF THE VACCINATION PRICESS IN SEVILLE, SPAIN
UPI reports new research shows it's a very good idea to insist that healthcare workers get an annual flu shot. That's according to researchers from the University of Georgia, Montana State University and Monash University in Australia. They found that states with mandatory flu shots for hospital workers saw statewide reductions in deaths from influenza and pneumonia. They estimate that during the 2016-17 season alone, nearly 2,000 deaths were averted in the 15 U.S. states that had mandatory vaccination laws at that time. The findings suggest that health-worker vaccination laws may be a good way to protect the country's most vulnerable populations. The researchers say it's possible that similar benefits could also be seen with mandatory COVID-19 vaccination of hospital workers.
People who received the flu vaccine in the year before testing positive for COVID-19 may have a milder case of the virus. Those who received the vaccine are nearly 2 1/2 times less likely to be hospitalized with a severe form of COVID-19. According to UPI, vaccinated patients were more than three times less likely to be admitted to an ICU with COVID-19. Researchers stress however that the flu vaccine does not offer protection against COVID-19. Instead, they theorize that it may help prevent progression to severe disease from the virus by "priming" the immune system. The researchers plan to look at whether other types of vaccinations offer the same benefit.
Bangkok, Apr 1 (EFE/EPA).- Thai police in Bangkok have deployed riot shields as a social-distancing partition to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections while serving the people.The number of confirmed cases of cornavirus reached 1,771 with 12 related deaths on Wednesday.The Thai government has declared a state of emergency and mandated the closure of all shopping malls and other establishments (except those selling food and essential items) while imposing a soft lockdown in the capital and other provinces in a bid to slow down the ongoing pandemic of the COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. (Camera: NARONG SANGNAK).FOOTAGE SHOWS THAI POLICE OFFICERS SERVING PEOPLE WITH RIOT SHIELDS AS SOCIAL-DISTANCING PARTITIONS AMID THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK AT THA PHRA POLICE STATION IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.SOUNDBITES: PREECHA PHENGPHAO, SUPERINTENDENT OF THAPHRA METROPOLITAN POLICE STATION (IN THAI).TRANSLATIONS: As the COVID-19 situation is getting worse, I am concerned about the well-being of the police officers under my command, especially police detectives and officers working at the one-stop-service station who need to work in close contact with a lot of people. So, I got this idea of making these police riot shields, which have been left unused because there are no such incidents nowadays, more suitable for the current situation.
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