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The coronavirus spreads again in Europe
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Holland, Germany, France, Spain and our neighbor Denmark.
They are the countries that have the largest and most worrying increase in infections at this time.
– We see a second wave, says state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell.
The World Health Organization today issued an alarming warning: the number of deaths from covid-19 in Europe could be four to five times higher than in April in just a few months. This is after the highest weekly figure ever for new crown drops.
During the press conference of the Public Health Agency, the state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell confirmed the image.
– Unfortunately, it keeps getting darker. There are many signs that this will also be an international record week. There is no indication that this will calm down.
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We see a second wave, says state epidemiologist Anders Tegnell.
Anders Tegnell, who previously did not want to talk about a second wave of the virus outbreak, now claims that this is what is happening.
– There are several countries in which it must be said that they are in a second wave, France, Spain and the Netherlands, says Tegnell.
Although infection is also increasing at home, where the proportion testing positive for COVID-19, for example, has risen from 1 to 3.2 percent, Tegnell believes that Sweden has not been affected. by a second wave.
– It requires a wide spread of the infection in much of the country, we don’t see that in Sweden.
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Coronatest in Germany.
“Mortality rates may rise in more countries”
Tegnell emphasizes that rising infection rates in Europe are not necessarily as scary as they may sound because countries have at the same time increased their testing. But he notices that Netherlands affected by a spectacular increase in cases. As of September 5, when the number of new confirmed daily cases was 744, the curve in principle has gone upwards, to 6,844 new cases of infection on October 13.
France, where a national health emergency was announced yesterday, is even worse affected.
– There you can see a tendency for deaths to start to increase, unfortunately. Some signs suggest that increased death rates may occur in more countries.
Among our neighboring countries stand out Denmark with the increasing spread of infection. On Wednesday, nearly as many new infections, 5,132 cases, were recorded as when the virus swept through the worst in March. A total of 34,083 people have been confirmed infected in the country. Something that so far is not reflected in the death toll, which is relatively low with 675 cases.
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Hans Kluge, European manager.
Can save hundreds of thousands of lives
In just ten days, the number of new confirmed infections has increased by one million people, from 6 to 7 million infected with viruses in European countries according to the World Health Organization.
But Europe director Hans Kluge says conditions for dealing with the virus are now better.
– Today’s pandemic is not the same as the then pandemic, not only based on the spread of the infection, but on how we are equipped to deal with it, he tells The Guardian, and mentions, among other things, that deaths today they are less compared to the number of infected and the stricter restrictions. introduced in several of the designated countries.
– A more widespread and systematic use of mouth guards, worn by the 95% instead of the 60% who use them today, could, along with stricter rules for public and private gatherings, save 281,000 lives before February 1, Kluge continues.
Photo: Axel Heimken / TT
The police are searching a pub in Germany.
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