Europe’s second wave of coronavirus: what went wrong

The number of daily cases in the European Union and the United Kingdom has reached more than 45,000 this week, according to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), according to the European Center for Disease Prevention . Leaders have raised fears about the pressure hospitals could face in the coming months and the possibility of a new national lockdown.

According to the ECDC, Europe’s mortality rate has been stable for days, although Bulgaria, Croatia, Malta, Romania and Spain have seen an increase.

There are trends that could explain the deterioration. The boom comes only after the summer vacation season, as workers return to the city centers and children return to school. The World Health Organization has suggested that the move be partially relieved and partly for people to leave their guard. Could decline, and evidence shows that young people are coming in second in Europe.

Despite the growing number of cases, and recent deaths in Europe, the continent compares favorably with the United States. Europe has a population of 50,550 million with a population of 4.4 million and 21 21,6,78 deaths, while the USA has a population of 30. million with a population of 7.7 million and 198,000 deaths.

The second wave

UK Prime Minister Boris John told reporters on Friday that the UK was “seeing another wave coming” and that it was “inevitable” as the number of daily cases had crossed 1,000,000 for the first time since May.

“Obviously we are watching the spread of the epidemic very carefully as it develops in the last few days.” Said John. “There’s no question, as I’ve been saying for weeks now, that we can (and) now see another wave coming. We’re seeing it in France, in Spain, all over Europe. It’s absolutely inevitable that we’ll see this. In the country.

“I don’t want to go to another national lockdown. The only way we can do that is if people follow the guidance.”

More than 40,000 people have died in the UK, the highest in Europe, and new restrictions on social gatherings have been imposed in England this week.

New sanctions were also announced in Madrid on Friday, according to the Spanish Ministry of Health, accounting for about a third of all new cases in Spain. As of September 11, there were 12,183 daily cases reported in the country, and more than 1,000,000 people died in Europe, including more than 100,000,000 cases.

A record 1,130 daily infections were reported in the Czech Republic on Friday as masks were again made compulsory in schools, and 1,977 in the Netherlands. Cases were reported. The country’s daily infections are doubling in just one week, Prime Minister Mark Rutte told a news conference. “1. With 1. No R, that number will increase to more than 10,000 daily in three weeks,” he said.

“You don’t have to be a mathematician or a virologist that such numbers will inevitably work in hospitals,” he warned.

Restaurants, cafes and bars in six Dutch regions will face new restrictions from Sunday.

On Friday, Italy recorded the highest number of cases per day since May at 1,907. In Poland, 1,002 cases were reported daily on Saturday.

Where it went wrong

Hans Cluj, director of WHO Europe, warned this week that there were “terrible rates of transition” and a “very serious situation” in the region, adding that weekly cases had exceeded those reported during the March summit.

In late August, Cluj said the gradual increase in cases in Europe was due to “relaxation in public health and social measures, where authorities have eased some limits and people are leaving their guard positions.”

He said he was “very concerned that more and more young people are being considered in reported cases,” advising against large gatherings and parties.

In some countries, cases are increasing rapidly, especially in densely populated cities, where people are returning to offices, schools and public places after taking mild steps following Spring Tuna’s peak.

Like Spain, Austria has seen the biggest spike in its capital. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz told the national Rian Strian news agency APA last Sunday that the situation in Vienna was “particularly dramatic”, with more than half of the registered new infections.

“We are at the beginning of the second wave. We are facing difficult months in autumn and winter. The number of infections is increasing day by day, “he said in a tweet, urging people to reduce social contacts as the obligation to wear face masks has been extended to more public places.

Turkey recorded 63 deaths in 24 hours this week, its highest one-day death count. Turkey’s Health Minister Fahretin Koka said in his weekly coronavirus news briefing on September 2 that the country was “at the second peak of the first wave.”

“Because of the holiday period and the movement around wedding occasions, which are an integral part of our traditions, we are at this height today.”

Italian officials said in late August that about 50% of new infections occur during summer vacations across the country and abroad, mainly among young adults who are wary of social distance and mask-wearing guidelines.

But Europe can take a break from the experience. Mark Woolhouse, an epidemiologist at the University of Edinburgh, told CNN earlier this month that the initial lockdown “would never solve the problem for us in Europe or anywhere else; it was just postponing it.”