By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 In a follow-up on a post from earlier this month, the Swedish Public Health Agency has decided to continue to recommend Pfizer / Biontech’s COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty,...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Earlier this week, we reported on Finland restricting the use of Moderna’s Spikevax mRNA COVID-19 vaccine due to Myocarditis risk in some populations. Finland’s...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Moderna vaccines (Spikevax) contain more active substance, mRNA, than Pfizer’s vaccine, which can have a more powerful effect on the immune system. The Swedish...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Agency, or Folkhalsomyndigheten reports during the summer of 2021, 29 cases of the more serious vibrio infection in wounds or blood during...

NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Swedish Public Health Agency made an overall assessment that the government should proceed with the plan to lift many of the COVID-19 restrictions on 29 September...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Swedish Public Health Agency reports approximately 6.6 million people in the population over the age of 18 have been vaccinated with at least one dose and 5.3 million people...

By NewsDesk @bactiman63 Swedish public health officials are reporting an increase in the number of people who have contracted campylobacter infection in recent weeks. The increase has been seen throughout...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On Thursday, the Swedish Public Health Agency reports new figures for vaccination coverage in the youngest target group. At least 39.8 percent of young people born...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Swedish Public Health Agency announced today a larger proportion of the population will probably be offered a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine. However, the extent is currently...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The number of cases nationally of COVID-19 continues to be at a low level, but an increase is now seen in large parts of the country during the week ending July 24....