O B S: Cases with COVIDD-19 have tripled across Europe

The World Health Organization argues that cases of coronavirus have tripled across Europe in the last six weeks, representing nearly half of all infections at a global level. In addition, hospital admission rates have doubled as well, although admissions to intensive care have remained low, the AP writes.

In a statement Tuesday, O director BSH for Europe, Dr. Hans Kluge, described COVID-19 as a bad and potentially lethal malady “that people should not underestimate. He said super-infected variant relatives Omitron are promoting new waves of diseases across the continent and that repeated infections could potentially lead to “CO VID length”

O The BSH has announced that 53 countries in its European region, which extends to Central Asia, reported about 3 million new coronavirus infections last week and that the virus was killing about 3,000 people every week. Globally, cases of COVID-19 have increased over the past five weeks, even though countries have reduced the number of tests.

With increased cases, we are also seeing an increase in hospital stays, which are set to increase only in the months of autumn and winter”, Kloge was quoted as saying. “This prediction presents a major challenge to the workforce in some countries, already under intense pressure to deal with the unprecedented crises since 2020”.

Otherwise, the AP points out, at the beginning of this week, editors of two British medical journals said the country's National Health Service never had so many parts of the system so close to collapse. Camran Abbas, of BMJ and Alastair McLellan of the Health Service Journal, writes in a joint editorial that the United Kingdom government was failing to address the ongoing problems exacerbated by COVID-19, including ambulances lined up outside much overloaded hospitals to accept new patients.

The UN health agency called for a second strengthening dose of vaccine for anyone from the age of 5 and older with the weak immune system, promoting wearing masks in closed environments and in public transportation, as well as better ventilation in schools, offices and other countries. Kloge said that southern Hemisphere countries were currently experiencing a very active flu season that, combined with COVID, was straining health systems.

He called on people to make the right decisions, even in countries where authorities have largely abandoned coronavirus restrictions, adding that “only because a mask is not binding does not mean it is prohibited”.