Europe is taken aback by the new wave of COVID-19 a month and a halfInfected 3 times – 3,000 deaths perweek
Europe is taken aback by the new wave of COVID-19 – Xinhua The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) in Sweden has reported that the European continent is being affected by the pandemic. COVID-19 New wave as the number of new cases triples in 6 weeks
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Mr. Agoriza Baga, Senior Specialist at the ECDC Center He told Swedish television that most of the outbreak was caused by a mutated virus. Omicron species The subspecies BA.4 (BA.4) and BA.5 (BA.5) account for 80 percent of all infections in Europe today.
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker administers a nasal swab to a patient at a COVID-19 testing centre in Les Sorinieres, near Nantes, France. The wave is mainly driven by the Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, which account for 80 percent of the total infections in Europe right now, Agoritsa Baka, a senior ECDC expert told. REUTERS
On the organization’s sideThe World Health Organization (WHO) said on July 19 that nearly 3 million new COVID-19 cases were detected in the European region last week. It accounts for nearly half of all new cases worldwide, while the number of European hospitalizations has more than doubled in recent weeks.
Swedish Telivision references the statistics of the Organization. It says nearly 3,000 Europeans die from COVID-19 a week. The situation in Sweden remains stable. But in other European countries, the number of deaths has increased in recent weeks.
Mr Baga said the situation led the center to the conclusion that epidemic prevention measures may be needed again, such as compulsory wearing masks on public transport. and limiting large gatherings
FILE PHOTO: Test tubes labelled “COVID-19 Omicron variant test positive” are seen in this illustration picture taken January 15, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
There is also concern that the new subspecies BA.2.75 (BA.2.75) could result in further increase in the number of cases. after the rapid epidemic in India The subspecies have also been detected in 15 other countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark.
However, it is too early to say that this new subspecies is more dangerous than others. The epidemic at present? Because there is not enough knowledge about it. But all parties are closely monitoring the outbreak. and waiting for more information from different countries where the epidemic was found
FILE PHOTO: Commuters travel on an underground subway train, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and after Omicron has become the dominant coronavirus variant in Europe, in Barcelona, Spain January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
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