SSI News - 2022

2022

• Consumption of antibiotics dropped significantly during the pandemic

  14 November 2022
  The number of antibiotics prescribed by general practitioners dropped significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic. The level of antibiotic resistance dropped jointly. These are some of the main findings from DANMAP 2021, the surveillance report issued...

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• COVID-19 vaccination did not deteriorate physical, mental, or cognitive health

  3 October 2022
  Vaccinated Danes did not report poorer physical, mental, or cognitive health in the months following vaccination in comparison to the unvaccinated, concluded a large survey study on COVID-19 vaccine safety in the Danish population.

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• Few Danish BA.2.75 cases

  3 August 2022
  BA.2.75, which is a subvariant of BA.2, was first observed in May 2022 in India, where the largest increase in infections with BA.2.75 has occurred to this date. Since May 2022 this variant has been observed in 27 countries.

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• New SSI study indentifies more than 80 genetic loci associated with herniation

  14 June 2022
  Hernias are characterized by protrusion of an organ or tissue through its surrounding cavity and often requires surgery, especially inguinal hernia repair in men is one of the most frequently performed operations.

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• Reinfection with different subtypes of Omicron is possible

  22 February 2022
  The Omicron variant can be divided into various subtypes. Denmark has mainly been affected by subtypes BA.1 and BA.2. A novel study from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) aims to establish if reinfection with BA.2 can occur shortly after initial BA.1 infe...

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• Mortality due to COVID-19 in Denmark is not increasing as much as are case numbers

  18 February 2022
  Following the spreading of the Omicron variant in Denmark, more people become infected by COVID-19, but a more limited share than previously of those infected die due to their infection. This is what data from the Danish Causes of Death Registry show...

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• Mortality is declining in Denmark

  3 February 2022
  The latest figures from Week 5, 2022, reveal that the mortality has followed a declining trend in all age groups as from Week 1 and is now approaching the normal level. This occurs even though the number of deaths in which the patient had a positive ...

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• Omicron subvariant BA.2 is more transmissible than BA.1 but vaccinated persons are less likely to be infected and to pass on infection in Danish households

  31 January 2022
  A new study by scientists at the University of Copenhagen, Statistics Denmark, Technical University of Denmark and Statens Serum Institut (SSI) examines the transmission of Omicron subvariant BA.2 versus BA.1 in Danish households.

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• Now, an Omicron variant, BA.2, accounts for almost half of all Danish Omicron-cases

  20 January 2022
  So far, three subvariants of Omicron have been described: BA.1, BA.2 and BA.3. Worldwide, BA.1 account for most of Omicron-cases. However, in Denmark BA.2 is gaining ground.

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• The risk of becoming infected with the Delta variant and of transmitting the variant to other people is lower for vaccinated persons

  17 January 2022
  A new study of infections with the Delta variant in Danish households shows that vaccines both protect against infection and against transmitting the virus to other persons.

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• Discovery of genetic variants linked to febrile seizures

  17 January 2022
  Large-scale case-control study implicates genes critical for fever response and genes for communication between nerve cells.

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• Rapid antigen tests can detect new variants

  12 January 2022
  Statens Serum Institut (SSI) has tested a number of rapid antigen tests in order to examine, if the tests can detect the variants of SARS-CoV-2 which exist in Denmark (Delta and Omicron).

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• Omicron report is discontinued since cases of Omicron now account for more than 90 %

  7 January 2022
  Statens Serum Institut (SSI) will on the 7th of January 2022 publish our report about Omicron for the last time. This is because Omicron now accounts for more than 90 % of COVID-19 cases in Denmark.

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• Danish researchers investigate Omicron transmission in Danish households

  3 January 2022
  The study found an increased transmission for unvaccinated individuals and a reduced transmission for booster-vaccinated individuals, compared to fully vaccinated individuals.

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