🇳🇿 New Zealand: Elderly pay price for Covid ‘complacency’ "The warning comes as a St Clair rest-home is in lockdown and New Zealand’s leading epidemiologist says the country is riding a 8th wave of the disease." "A few weeks ago, two residents of a different home had tested positive for Covid-19 — one was the result of an infected family member coming to visit" "We’ve got some evidence that 10%-15% of our cases in New Zealand were acquired in hospitals" Source: https://archive.md/gkSlX @AusCOVID19 group

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 8 July to 14 July 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,232 (+1.2%) 🔹Influenza: 3,313 (+8.3%) 🔹RSV: 805 (-8.5%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 151 (-1.3%) 🔸Influenza: 181 (+19.0%) 🔸RSV: 46 (+12.1%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @AusCOVID19 group

🇳🇿 New Zealand: Long Covid is continuing to linger in the workplace, and businesses struggle to cope. "Long Covid brings a host of debilitating symptoms, including brain fog, chronic fatigue, joint pain, and respiratory issues. For New Zealand, this translates to between 207,000 and 405,000 people potentially affected. The actual number of Covid infections in the workplace are unreported and, therefore, unknown." Source: https://archive.md/DZIB0 @AusCOVID19 group

'It's like I'm dying': Since getting COVID 7 months ago, Jody can't sleep. "Sleeping tablets don't work. I've tried medicinal cannabis. I'm weak. It's like I'm dying," the mother of three said. "Dr Gemma Paech, a sleep specialist with University of Newcastle, wrote in 2022 of a condition known as "coronasomnia or COVID insomnia". Source: https://archive.md/OMhjj @AusCOVID19 group

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 1 July to 7 July 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,217 (-1.6%) 🔹Influenza: 3,058 (+6.9%) 🔹RSV: 880 (-1.0%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 153 (-11.5%) 🔸Influenza: 152 (+27.7%) 🔸RSV: 41 (-32.7%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @AusCOVID19 group

Nasal COVID Vax Shows Promise in Phase 1 Clinical Trial. Encouraging results from the first U.S. human trial of a nasal COVID vaccine (CVXGA) show it was well tolerated and triggered strong mucosal and systemic immunity. The highest dose group had significantly fewer symptomatic infections. Source:

Nasal COVID Vax Shows Promise in Phase 1 Clinical Trial

/PRNewswire/ -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists learned that the critical path to infection started with the SARS-CoV-2 virus invading the...

Study: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adw0896 @AusCOVID19 group

Queensland Health has issued an alert over the rising number of hospitalisations in Queensland for influenza and COVID-19. "Queensland Chief Health Officer Dr Heidi Carroll said nearly 300 Queensland hospital beds per day were currently occupied by patients with flu or COVID-19." Source:

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Flu, COVID-19 Cases Rising - southburnett.com.au

Queensland Health has issued an alert over the rising number of hospitalisations in Queensland for influenza and COVID-19.

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