Covid vaccine

16:10, 8 FEB 2024

Coronavirus cases in Wales as people offered booster vaccine

Cases appear to have passed their peak after they reached a high at the beginning of January but hospital admissions remain consistent

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These groups of people can get a Covid booster vaccination in the spring

The aim is to prevent severe disease, hospitalisation and death arising from the virus

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Covid deaths in Europe 'would have hit four million without vaccines'

If it were not for the vaccine, 1.4 million more people could have lost their lives to the virus, it has been claimed

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Symptom differences between cold, flu and Covid as UK faces 'triple-demic'

The UK has been warned of a 'triple-demic' of cold, flu and Covid-19 as cases of each continue to rise into mid January

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Lots of people to get 'nasty illness that'll knock them out for weeks' as Covid still floors people

Leading experts have warned bouts of Covid could feel far worse this winter than previously

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Coronavirus symptoms December 2023 as cases of virus expected to rise over Christmas period

Increased socialisation over the Christmas period could see a spike in cases of the virus

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Michael Gove says the UK Government needs to be able to override Wales and Scotland if there is another pandemic

This would fundamentally change devolution

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Another Covid peak is expected this winter

The peak could be driven by a 'number of variants', Wales' health minister has said

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Pupils and staff in Wales with Covid symptoms told to stay home as cases rise

There has been a 'small to moderate increase in Covid-19 in Wales' since the start of term

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Patients hospitalised with new Covid strain which is 'highly transmissible indoors'

The UK Health Security Agency said the BA.2.86 variant - also called Pirola - was passed between 28 people in one outbreak

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Pirola variant could see 'coronavirus wave' in four weeks

The number of people in the UK testing positive for coronavirus has doubled in a month

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Obesity found to speed up loss of immunity from Covid vaccines

Vaccines induce lower quality antibodies in people who are overweight

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The 12 symptoms of the new strain of Covid driving infections

If you are showing some or all of these signs, you may well have it

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Number of patients seriously ill with Covid in Wales close to lowest-ever level

At the start of this year, hundreds of patients were actively being treated for Covid in Wales - now it is just nine

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'I became so ill with Covid that it felt like I was breathing fire'

Kelvin Williams, 57, fell deeply ill just two weeks before he was meant to have his first Covid jab

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Signs of 'early autumn wave' of Covid in Wales as hospitalisations and deaths rise

Public Health Wales is urging people in eligible groups to take up the offer of a booster vaccine

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I caught Covid nursing on the frontline and now I have less than a fifty per cent chance of being alive in 20 years

Piers Meynell switched careers to become a trainee nurse, then the pandemic hit and his exposure to the virus is thought to have caused him to develop a rare autoimmune disease

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Children could be sent home to work remotely again this winter, headteachers in Wales warn

Schools want the best for children but would have no choice if staff were off sick, a union has warned

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The five most common Covid symptoms in vaccinated people

Older people are said to be particularly under threat of re-infection, according to experts, as cases rise once more, but some symptoms could be mistaken for the common cold

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Wales warned to brace for 'one or more' waves of Covid this winter

Dr Chris Williams, of Public Health Wales, said we could already be at the start of an autumn wave

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Scientists confirm link between Covid vaccination and menstrual cycle length

A scientific study has finally confirmed what many women have suspected for several months

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There are 1,000 NHS staff off work in Wales at the moment due to Covid

'A huge amount of work is going on inside the health service to try and recover ground and to be able to deal with people whose operations are outstanding'

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Who is eligible to get a Covid booster jab this autumn

Some people will be offered a Moderna jab and others the Pfizer vaccine

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Wales to start roll-out of autumn Covid booster vaccine

A single jab will be offered to eligible people including all adults aged 50 and above

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