7 hours agoThe second wave of coronary is hitting Europe, the expert: There will be many dead in winter
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(6 years ago)Europe is going through the second wave of pandemic. Although the mortality rate by COVID-19 is still below the record achieved in April, experts warn there are signs that developments could be more tragic this winter, CNN writes. European hospitals are now better equipped to handle cases of choreography. Measures like social distance and masks [...]
Europe is going through the second wave of pandemic. Although the mortality rate by COVID-19 is still below the record achieved in April, experts warn there are signs that developments could be more tragic this winter, CNN writes.
European hospitals are now better equipped to handle cases of choreography. Measures such as social distance and masks have become the rate and spread of the virus recently occurred mainly among young people who are less likely to die if infected. But cold weather is coming, and the flu season is also coming. The infection is spreading to the elderly population and there are signs that humans are tired of respecting restrictions.
Of course, we don't really have any way to prevent the coronary from circulate, except for social distance or restriction measures. We don't have a vaccine yet”, Michael Head, senior global health researcher at Southampton University in Great Britain, told CNN.
Although he does not expect mortality to reach the level from the first wave, Head adds: “The number of infected people will rise significantly, there will be many hospital stays and many burdens for health services. There will also be many dead”.
The number of new cases in Europe reached a record of weekly cases, but at the same time only 556 deaths were reported.
Hospitals are now better trained to diagnose and treat the virus, meaning that patient mortality rates in intensive care units have dropped from 50% to 20%. In Bulgaria, Croatia, Malta, Romania and Spain, however, the death toll has steadily increased.
In the first week of September, the largest number of new cases were in the population between the ages of 25 and 49, World Health Organisation Director (OBSH) for Europe Hans Cluj said, but there has also been an increase of infected people in the population aged 50 to 79.
Head warns that an increase in the number of infected will at one point turn to increased infection in the elderly population, meaning higher mortality.
We see that the rate of infection in the elderly and vulnerable is increasing in all European countries. So the model is very predictable. In Great Britain, France and Spain, the coronavirus spread among young people, and six weeks later we see more and more elderly infected”, Head said.
