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Europe greets summer with a close eye on COVID-19 rebound

In Europe, almost all anti-COVID restrictions have been lifted. | Font: AFP

summer has come Europe coincided with an increase in coronavirus cases caused by new omicron sub-variants, forcing authorities to step up precautionary measures.

Many European countries have experienced a new acceleration in infections for several weeks.

Portugal, the first affected country, reached around 30,000 daily cases in early June. Then the wave began to subside.

in United Kingdomdaily infections are again at their highest level since the start of the pandemic. also affected Italy There were 30,526 new cases in 24 hours (Saturday to Sunday), with a 63.4% increase in seven days, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health.

Germany experience the same fate France He is not being saved either, with the accelerated circulation of SARS-CoV-2 for about ten days and the infection rate of more than 44,000 cases (on average over seven days).

New sub-variants

The increase in morbidity is explained by the combination of two effects, indicates AFP Mircea Sofonea, professor of epidemiology at the University of Montpellier.

On the one hand, “low immunity,” that is, “protection provided by infection or vaccine doses decreases over time.”

On the other hand, the emergence of new lines Omicron, BA.4 and especially BA.5.

“BA.5 and, to a lesser extent, BA.4 are expanding in Europe,” he adds. “Epidemiological data show that it is 10% more contagious than BA.2 and that is why it is becoming predominant.” (AFP)


Source: RPP

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