Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 15 July to 21 July 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,195 (-3.0%) 🔹Influenza: 3,650 (+10.1%) 🔹RSV: 921 (+14.4%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 147 (-2.6%) 🔸Influenza: 195 (+7.7%) 🔸RSV: 52 (+13.0%) Source: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu @AusCOVID19 group

New COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows strong protection against multiple variants. "A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potential to protect against both current and emerging coronavirus variants. By targeting features shared by a range of coronaviruses, the vaccine is designed to offer broader and longer-lasting protection as the virus continues to evolve." Source:

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New COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows strong protection against multiple variants

A promising new COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by researchers at the Centenary Institute and the University of Sydney has shown strong potent...

Study: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41541-025-01144-7 @AusCOVID19 group

By Carnivora  @NastassjaCarni1 One of the hardest things of being #covidcautious is seeing your loved ones are not protecting themselves anymore. And you just know that they are going to get infected over and over again. And you just know that it will have long term consequences. It crushes me 💔 Source: https://x.com/NastassjaCarni1/status/1945497298001158633

Scientists Find Shocking Link Between COVID and Alzheimer’s. "The virus can cause brain inflammation, which, in some cases, becomes more serious." "Two new studies provide evidence that brain changes associated with COVID can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease." Source:

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Scientists Find Shocking Link Between COVID and Alzheimer's

Study in Frontiers:

Frontiers | Infections with Chlamydia pneumoniae and SARS-CoV-2 and Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis

Study in Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ads5006 @AusCOVID19 group

🇳🇿 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