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First entry: Thursday, September 24, 2020, 3:52 p.m.
Seven European Union countries (Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Czech Republic and Malta) are experiencing a “worrisome” epidemic of the Covid-19 epidemic, which means an increased risk of mortality, the European Union said today . Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).
According to a new risk assessment report published by this European epidemic monitoring agency, this group of countries has “a higher proportion of serious cases or hospitalizations” along with an increase in mortality. already observed “or” can be observed soon “.
The concern in these seven countries is mainly due to the fact that the increase in cases affects older people, while in other European countries the increase in Covid-19 cases is mainly in younger adults, who therefore have a lower risk.
This situation affects Great Britain and twelve EU countries (France, Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Belgium and Sweden), according to the European office based in Stockholm.
But in recent days, the majority in this category “seem to be approaching the criteria in a very worrying way”, mainly because new cases are emerging in the elderly, emphasizes the ECDC.
Finally, the rest of the countries are considered to be in a stable situation, where the risk is “low” for the general population and “moderate” for the vulnerable: Germany, Italy, Poland, Finland, Greece, Cyprus. , Lithuania and, outside the EU, Norway.
The ECDC highlights that within the EU “the population continues to be increasingly vulnerable, available data shows that the level of immunity of the population is below 15% in most regions of the EU and the UK”.
“Most people can still be infected,” said ECDC Director Andrea Amon.
“What we are seeing in many countries, not only in Spain, is that a large part of current infections are due to private gatherings, large family dinners or any type of gathering with friends or family,” he said.
The ECDC holder, on the other hand, refused to request the general closure of shops, restaurants or bars. “It depends on how we can or cannot secure the basic measure of physical distance in these areas,” he said.
