AI-generated summary
Mässling är en mycket smittsam virussjukdom som kan förebyggas med vaccin. Utbrott kan uppstå när vaccinationstäckningen sjunker eller när smitta introduceras från områden med lägre vaccinationsnivåer.
Mässlingsfallet upptäcktes i början på veckan på en skola med omkring 300 elever, men smitta kan ha spridits under förra veckan.
– Enligt gängse rutiner så är en smittspårning påbörjad, säger Annika Ersson, smittskyddsläkare vid Region Jämtland Härjedalen i ett pressmeddelande.
Personal och vårdnadshavare på skolan har informerats om att smittspårning pågår och de uppmanas vara uppmärksamma på symptom. Inkubationstiden beräknas gå ut under vecka 38.
Personer som har fått minst en dos vaccin mot mässling betraktas som skyddade i denna smittspårning.
Det var under festivalen Urkult i Sollefteå som flera personer blev smittade av mässlingen.
The number of women over 45 who receive hormone treatment for menopausal symptoms has doubled in ten years, which has led to a shortage of medicines in Sweden. Social Affairs Minister Jakob Forssmed announced that TLV approved higher prices for estrogen drugs to secure access and that exemptions for the import of foreign packaging as well as the sharing of packaging at pharmacies are being considered as measures.
This year, 69 cases of harpest have been confirmed in Västerbotten and many points to a record year. Researchers in Umeå have investigated whether beavers contribute to the spread of infection by analyzing water samples, but have found no connection between beaver dams and increased occurrence of harpest bacteria. The study is part of a European project that also looks at mosquitoes and small rodents.
The Social Democrats' Lena Hallengren criticizes private digital healthcare providers for invoicing for visits that are not deemed qualified care and wants to abolish the online doctor tax to instead create a modern national online doctor service via 1177, run by the regions, if the party gains power.
An elderly man suffered a cardiac arrest at a bathhouse in Sörmland on Tuesday. Staff performed CPR before the man was taken to hospital by ambulance. At 3:40 p.m., his condition was described as critical but relatively stable. The bath house is open during the day according to Nils Rådström.
The Social Democrats propose that the state should cover 90 percent of the dental care costs for everyone over the age of 67, which would cost approximately six billion kroner a year. The party also wants to reintroduce free dental care for 19–23-year-olds. The Left Party has similar proposals for a high-cost protection of SEK 1,200 per year and free dental care up to the age of 23, which is estimated to cost SEK 4.5 billion.
A new case of measles has been reported at a preschool in Umeå where an employee is infected. The school follows infection control routines and has informed parents. A total of 36 cases linked to the Urkult festival have been reported in Sweden, seven of which are in Västerbotten. Smittskyddet offers preventive medicine for children under 18 months.