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Only four European countries are measuring levels that are below the critical limit for Covid-19 cases, according to figures announced Monday, as the entire continent struggles with new outbreaks.
The alert threshold of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) is 20 cases per 100,000 people in seven days. Only Germany (18.4 cases per 100,000), Finland (15.5), Cyprus (14.6) and Norway (13.9) are below this threshold, ECDC data showed on Monday. At the other end of the scale are the Czech Republic (167.6), the Netherlands (140.3) and France (120.3), according to CNN.
Death rates have also risen in Europe and there have been “explosions” of cases in 27 countries.
Meanwhile, several European countries have announced the reintroduction of restrictions.
In Ireland, the health authorities would have recommended placing the entire country at the highest level of restrictions. Iceland has introduced a number of new rules, including restrictions on meetings and the closure of leisure facilities. The capital of France it is on the brink of a new quarantine and the Czech Republic has entered a state of emergency. The central districts of Berlin have been classified as risk zones by the German health authorities.
Meanwhile, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sa autoizolat after attending a meeting attended by a person who subsequently tested positive.
Health authorities in England have acknowledged that thousands of infections have not been included in the balance due to a “technical problem”.
Publisher: DC
