Breakdown of the 39 HCWs infected:
18 nurses
10 admin or maintenance
6 allied health
5 physicians
This might not differ much from even Hospital settings in Malaysia, in terms of case proportion by profession.. 3/n nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Source of infection to these cases were also traced; at least 37 of the 39 were from an unvaccinated individual..
21 - household member
11 - fellow HCW or patient
7 of the 11 - nosocomial transmission fr px receiving positive pressure ventilation.. 4/n nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Of the 39 cases..
26 - mild symptoms, with no hospitalization
13 - asymptomatic .. 5/n nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
To catch the thread on #HartalDoktorKontrak today, a historic first of Contract Doctors standing up to defend their status that truly merits a permanent post in government service.. and NOT be at the mercy of yearly renewals !! #HARTAL2021#hartal
Research was done on 2 prongs: First was by comparing data, analyzing over 1.8 million #SARSCoV2 genomes from 183 countries.. comparing to vaccination rates.. 2/n medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
This is a very good & objective study showing that waning antibody levels in vaccinated individuals will be inevitable.. 1/n thelancet.com/journals/lance…