The Stockholm Science City bi-monthly update on Covid-19 related efforts and initiatives in the region.
Academic research and collaborations on Covid-19:
- Karolinska Institutet Covid-19 Resource Hub >>
- KTH research and initiatives on the novel corona virus and Covid-19 >>
- Stockholm University news related to the corona virus >>
- SciLifeLab efforts related to the Covid-19 pandemic and SciLifeLab Covid-19 action plan >>
National research program on effects of vaccineIn December last year, SciLifeLab and Knut and Alice Wallenbergs Foundation (KAW) announced a call for a national research program to study the effects of Covid-19 vaccine. 24 suggestions were recieved and the project is now launched with ten funded projects.Read more >
Award winning Covid-effortsRegion Stockholms annual leadership award Gyllene Äpplet was awarded Nineveh Baresso, Head of the unit for curators and psychologists at Södertälje Hospital for the initiative of support measures for hospital staff very early in the pandemic and for the initiative for a crisis helpline for the public.Read more >
National infrastructure for digital vaccination passportSweden has taken the decision to launch a digital infrastructure for vaccination passport to be launched in the summer.Read more >
Follow-up studies on vaccinesThe Swedish government allocates 100 MSEK to follow-up studies on Covid-19 vaccines. The Swedish Research Council has been commissioned to prepare funding of follow-up studies on Covid-19 vaccines.Read more >Sweden’s innovation- and production capacity for vaccines and biologicalsThe Government has commissioned Vinnova and RISE to analyze and describe the conditions for how Sweden's innovation and production capacity for vaccines and other biological drugs compares with other countries' capacity.Read more >
Valneva’s vaccine candidate in clinical trialValneva has initiatiated a Phase 1/2 clinical study for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate, VLA2001.Read more >
Covid-19 projects funded by AfaThirteen new Covid-19 projects receive research funding from Afa. The approved projects includes studies on how organizational changes such as notice and redundancies in the wake of the corona crisis affect mental health and sick leave, recovery and rehabilitation after Covid-19, remote teamwork and sick leave for commercial employees during the pandemic.Read more >