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Xinhua News Agency, Copenhagen, Nov. 19 (Reporter Lin Jing) The director of the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization, Kluge, said at an online press conference here on 19 that the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns in Europe this week was higher than the previous week. However, the epidemic situation remains serious.
Kluger noted that because many people insist on complying with epidemic prevention regulations, the number of new cases in Europe this week has dropped from 2 million the week before to 1.8 million, showing that as long as everyone acts, positive changes will definitely occur.
But Kluge also noted that the epidemic situation in Europe remains dire. Kluger said that in the past 14 days, more than 80% of European countries had more than 100 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants and almost a third of European countries had more than 700 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. During the same period, there were more than 29,000 new deaths from the new crown in Europe, an 18% increase over the previous month. At the same time, “we see more and more signs that the health and medical system is overwhelmed.” In some countries, the utilization rate of intensive care units has exceeded 95%.
Kluger believes that “anti-epidemic fatigue” is a major factor in the second wave of new corona epidemics in Europe. It considers that the “blockade” will cause serious “collateral damage”, such as affecting employment. He called on the public to strictly follow anti-epidemic measures such as the use of masks to avoid the implementation of a “blockade.”
Klug said: “If the mask use rate reaches 95%, the ‘lock’ can be avoided. But if the mask use rate is less than 60%, another ‘lock’ is inevitable.” He also suggested that the government spread the epidemic in the community based on the epidemic. Implementation of the hierarchical epidemic prevention system corresponding to the severity of the disease, and a more flexible implementation of prevention and control measures.
Commenting on recent progress in the development of the new corona vaccine, Kluger said the vaccine represents great hope for the fight against the new corona virus, but the new corona vaccine must be provided fairly and all countries must be able to enter the vaccine market, otherwise “hope” will never become a reality.
