[ad_1] State of Emergency Announced in Texas City Of: Niklas Eriksson Published: October 01, 2020 at 12:41 am Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared a state of emergency at Lake Jackson. The city’s water contains deadly amoebas. And it cost six-year-old Josiah McIntyre his life. Residents of the city of Lake …
Read More »Asking for oxygen became a vague recommendation
[ad_1] When the National Board of Health and Welfare sent out guidelines in April on how patients dying from COVID-19 should be treated, they were clear that oxygen would be used in the event of severe oxygen deficiency. “Try oxygen therapy, especially with oxygenation below 90 percent.” After several query …
Read More »Regions Recommend Oral Protection and a Temporary Restraining Order in Nursing Homes
[ad_1] On Thursday, the ban on visiting nursing homes and care, which was introduced on April 1, will be lifted, and regions and municipalities will react differently to the announcement. The Västerbotten region recommended to the municipality of Umeå that all visitors and employees of the municipality’s nursing homes, which …
Read More »Oxygen was not available in nursing homes, then the National Board of Health and Welfare changed the guidelines
[ad_1] The guidelines for palliative care in covid-19, which the National Board of Health and Welfare issued in April, were clear from the outset that oxygen should be used in the event of severe oxygen deficiency: “Try oxygen therapy, especially with oxygenation below 90 percent.” But as the news from …
Read More »Criticism of the newly opened Krys health center in Stockholm
[ad_1] Krys’ first physical health center in Stockholm was inaugurated by Financial Region Counselor Irene Svenonius (M) on September 1. When DN interviewed Krys CEO Erik Hjelmstedt prior to the establishment, he said the discussion on listing ceilings is out of date. -I think “the sky is the limit” as …
Read More »Major deficiencies were found in the Gothenburg nursing homes.
[ad_1] The city of Gothenburg has contracted the auditing firm KPMG for the audit. The final report is delayed, but on Wednesday politicians drew conclusions from what happened in 16 out of a total of 70 nursing homes and where a hundred people were interviewed. Among the points that are …
Read More »So many have died from the coronavirus
[ad_1] The “end” of the Corona pandemic, when the World Health Organization, WHO, assesses that the international emergency has ended, is a long way off, according to Swedish experts. State epidemiologist Anders Tegnell tells DN that it will likely happen in the fall of 2021 at the earliest. – If …
Read More »Health director warns of a second wave in Uppsala
[ad_1] Of: Adelina Storkaas Published: September 30, 2020 kl. 14.55 Health and medical care director Mikael Köhler warns that Uppsala could be on the way to a second wave. Over the past week, the number of detected crown drops has increased in the region. Photo: Pontus Lundahl / TT / …
Read More »Anders Tegnell: The corona pandemic is definitely not over this year
[ad_1] Of: Ebba Thornéus Published: September 30, 2020 kl. 14.27Updated: September 30, 2020 kl. 14.46 Many people wonder when the pandemic is over and life can return to normal. According to state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell, it will take some time. – It definitely won’t be this year, he tells DN. …
Read More »Anders Tegnell on when the threat of the pandemic may disappear
[ad_1] On March 11 of this year, the World Health Organization, WHO, came out and called the corona outbreak a pandemic, after the number of infections outside of China increased dramatically in a short time. According to former Swedish state epidemiologist Johan Giesecke, who is now an adviser to the …
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