Expert of the European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The new round of epidemic is sweeping Europe

Xinhua News Agency, Stockholm, July 20 (Reporter Fu Yiming) With the relaxation of social restriction measures in European countries and the spread of the new subtype BA.4 and BA.5 of the mutant new crown virus, the new crown infection in Europe recently The number of people has increased rapidly. Experts from the European Disease Prevention and Control Center believe that Europe is in a new round of epidemic.

Swedish TV stated on the 20th to quote the senior expert of the European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Agelica Baka that the number and mortality rate in the next few weeks will continue to rise. The new round of new crown epidemics is mainly caused by the new subtype of Omikon strains, BA.4 and BA.5, and their infected people currently account for 80%of new European cases.

Baka said that in order to reduce virus spread, Europe may have to re -introduce epidemic prevention measures such as wearing masks and restricting large rally people by taking public transport.

Kluder, director of the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization, issued a statement on the 19th that in the past 6 weeks, the new crown cases in Europe have doubled. Nearly half of the disease. Although the hospitalization rate caused by the new crown during the same period, the admission rate of the intensive care unit is still relatively low. However, as the infection rate of the elderly continues to rise, nearly 3,000 people in Europe died every week for infection with new crown viruses.

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