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In several of the country’s regions, the pressure on medical care is so great that the regions do not know if they can handle an outbreak in the largest units of hospitals.
Yesterday, the Västra Götaland Regional Board announced that it is asking the Swedish Public Health Agency to change its recommendation that phase 1 vaccination should also include care personnel. At this time, it is the people who live in special housing for the elderly or who receive home care, mainly people aged 70 and over, who receive our vaccine first.
“1.5 meters from patients”
Also Uppsala regionwants health professionals to have priority in vaccination.
– Hospitals also treat patients from special accommodation and staff who do so and who are within 1.5 meters of patients should have priority in vaccination, says Mikael Köhler, director of health and medical care for the region from Uppsala to SVT News.
What part of healthcare do you think should be prioritized?
– Those who work as close as 1.5 meters from patients. These are the covid departments, of course, emergency rooms and intensive care. Where especially resident patients can be expected.
I should have a dialogue
Now more votes are being raised, this time from Kronoberg and Örebro, Expressen says.
The state epidemiologist of the public health authority, Anders Tegnell, says in the interview with SVT that the authority is willing to discuss changes in the order of priority for vaccination against covid-19.
However, he continues to emphasize the importance of vaccinating people who live in special housing.
– It is fundamentally important to protect these people who live in special dwellings. They really have been hit hard by this pandemic, says Public Health Agency state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell.
The issue will be discussed, among others, with the Agency for Medical Products and the municipalities and regions of Sweden on Monday next week, when the national group against the pandemic meets.
