The World Health Organization said Tuesday that coronavirus cases have tripled in Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly a portion of all infections worldwide. Hospitalization rates also doubled, ICU admissions remained low.
On Tuesday, WHO Director for Europe Dr Hans Kluge described COVID-19 as “an unsightly and life-threatening disease” that other people deserve not to underestimate. He said super infectious relatives of the omicron variant were causing new waves. of diseases across the continent and that repeated infections can potentially lead to prolonged COVID.
The WHO said all 53 countries in its European region, which stretches as far as Central Asia, reported nearly 3 million new coronavirus infections last week and that the virus kills about 3,000 people each week. Globally, COVID-19 cases have more over the past five weeks, even as countries have scaled back testing.
“With the backlog of cases, we’re also seeing a backlog of hospitalizations, which are expected to increase further in the fall and winter,” Kluge said. “This forecast presents a huge challenge for fitness staff in country after country, already under great strain in the face of relentless crises since 2020. “
Earlier this week, the editors of two British medical journals said the country’s national fitness service had never had so many servings of the formula so close to collapse.
Kamran Abbasi of the BMJ and Alastair McLellan of the Health Service Journal wrote in a joint editorial that the UK government fails to cope with persistent disorders exacerbated by COVID, adding ambulances lined up in front of hospitals too crowded to settle for new patients.
They criticized the government’s insistence that vaccines have damaged the link between infections and hospitalizations. Although vaccines pose a particular threat of serious illness and death, they have not particularly reduced transmission.
“The government will have to avoid informing the public and be fair about the risk the pandemic still poses to it and the National Health Service,” the editors wrote.
The WHO on Tuesday released its fall strategy for COVID-19. The UN fitness firm has called for a momentary booster dose of the vaccine for seniors aged five and older with a weakened immune system, encouraging the use of masks indoors and on public transport, and increased ventilation. in schools, offices and other places.
Kluge countries in the Southern Hemisphere are lately experiencing a very active flu season that, combined with COVID, is testing fitness systems.
“We will most likely see a similar situation in the northern hemisphere,” Kluge said, warning that increased tension could lead to chaos in business and school.
He suggested others make their own decisions, even in countries where the government has largely abandoned restrictions on coronaviruses.
“We are all aware of the equipment we have to ensure our safety, assess our threat point and take mandatory measures for others if we are infected,” Kluge said. is prohibited. “
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