Across the continent, other people over the age of 15 to 49 account for approximately 80% of carriers who test positive for coronavirus, compared to 50% at the peak of the first wave earlier this year, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
While decreasing the age profile would possibly help reduce the number of deaths this season, it poses two demanding situations for the authorities: how to promote compliance with hygiene measures among young people and how to ensure that infections do not spread. older groups, who are more likely to become seriously ill.
As a result, the new measures announced in Europe in days have been much more specific than the general limitations of spring.
In Germany, Spain and several countries, the government is focusing on controlling nightlife, with restrictions on parties and social events, restrictions on bars and clubs, and a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol abroad.
“Private parties are one of the main reasons for the epidemics,” German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at a press conference on Tuesday, delivering new measures to stem a sharp uptick in infections that began in early July. Restrictions on public reception and meetings were mandatory commitments to keep important parts of the economy and society open, he said.
The new restrictions, which the state government and giant municipalities cannot apply or adapt, come with the limitation of public events of any kind to 50 other people and the restriction of personal meetings to 25 participants, adding in other people’s homes. Bavaria and the existing wave hot spot has banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in public spaces at certain times.
“More masks, less alcohol and fewer celebrations,” said Markus Soder, the prime minister of Bavaria, one of the most severely affected states lately in Germany, at the same event.
The average age of other people who tested positive for the virus in Germany is now 40 years, compared to April 50, according to the Robert Koch Institute, the German Center for Disease Control and Prevention. accumulate if infections spread to the elderly.
Spain, which is fighting the biggest uptick in cases in Europe, has taken a focus: following the new regulations imposed last week in more affected areas such as Madrid, bars and restaurants will now close at 22:00 hours. more than six people are prohibited unless they live together.
The government ordered the closure of nightclubs and bars in August and it is forbidden to drink outdoors in public spaces. Restaurants and bars serving food should close at 1 a. m. , which is early for Spain.
In Italy, the average age of other newly inflamed people fell below 30 in mid-August, up from 62 in April, before emerging in September. There were groups of infections in several nightclubs, especially on the island of Sardinia, a holiday destination. Many tourists have taken the virus home, leading the government in some spaces to offer loose coronavirus tests for those returning from the island.
The Italian government tightened its restrictions on coronaviruses in August, making final clubs and making masks mandatory in public spaces where crowds can form after 6 p. m.
One of the considerations is what the World Health Organization has called “pandemic fatigue. ” A representative survey conducted through the University of Hamburg in seven European countries, adding Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy, found that fewer regulatory-abiding people In Germany, where compliance has been high, now only 45% of other people say they comply with distance regulations and 58% hugs, kisses and handshakes, compared to 59% and 77% in April.
“You may notice some fatigue following the rules,” said Professor Jonas Schrey-gg, who oversaw the study.
Most European countries have focused on new regulations on conditions in which young people have a tendency to let their guard down, close birthday parties and restrict alcohol consumption. some have taken an even narrower approach, focusing on the most vulnerable groups, adding college students.
In France, universities have been hot spots in the wave of cases in the country. Universities and schools account for 32% of all groups under research, the French government said, basically in universities. Authorities have known 285 active coronavirus groups in schools. and universities across the country, up from 26 just two weeks ago.
The infection rate among others over the age of 20 to 24, the maximum age of university academics in France, has been higher since academics resumed their studies in September. With three hundred cases consistent with a population of 100,000, the infection rate in this age organization is much more consistent with than in other age organizations. Young children, on the other hand, are much less likely to become infected.
At Sciences Po in Paris, one of France’s elite universities, academics flocked to bars for the first few weeks after summer for opportunities back to classes organized through campus groups. near the Seine.
“With alcohol, social estating fades over the course of one night,” said Fabio Dizy, 20, who studies economics and government at Sciences Po. “In addition, it is complicated in such small spaces. Mr. Dizy recently underwent a Covid-19. “check – which negative – after attending an assembly with a friend who then contracted the virus.
In and around March, the government closed bars and for a week.
“Our real thing is for the parties to continue,” said Didier Gosset, who coordinates the reaction to Covid-19 at the University of Lille.
In the UK, police intervened to disperse the festivities on Scotland’s campuses and the government asked academics from various universities to leave their campuses and choir when visiting pubs, bars and restaurants.
Bars and restaurants across the country were ordered to close at 10 p. m. and others said they wouldn’t meet in teams of more than six other people when they met friends or members of the family circle they didn’t live with.
Through Imperial College London published Thursday, it is estimated that around 1% of 18- to 24-year-olds in England had the virus until the end of September, almost twice the infection rate as the general population.
40% of Covid-19’s nearly 800 individual outbreaks in the week of September 20 occurred in schools and universities, according to an official account.
Jason Douglas contributed to this article.
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