These are the countries in Europe where coronavirus infections are quietly rising again

Slowly and silently, the pandemic overshadowed by the invasion of Ukraine and other events in international politics, contagion by coronavirus They rise again in a good part of European countries, although in most of them they are cases that do not correspond to an increase in hospitalizations.

In Germany, the 1,600 new infections per hundred thousand inhabitants have been exceeded for the first timeItaly registered more than 85,000 new cases on Tuesday, in France a peak of 120,000 to 150,000 new daily cases is expected by the end of March and in Austria infections have skyrocketed with the lifting of restrictions.

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But on the other hand, except for the German case, it is expected that the restrictive measures will gradually disappear.

And in other parts of the world, cases linked to China and other Asian countries have caused the global curve of weekly infections to covid rise again, according to World Health Organization (WHO).

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The danger is that the pandemic will be “banalized”, which “is not over”, says the Scientific Council that advises the French Government.

Cases skyrocket in Austria after restrictions are lifted

Eleven days after almost all restrictions were lifted in Austria, infections have skyrocketed to a new record of 58,583 infections in the last 24 hours, health authorities reported Wednesday. The seven-day incidence has risen to 3,465.6 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants.

The number of hospitalizations is also increasing, although it is still well below those registered in other waves of the pandemic. The mortality curve is also ascending, with 28 deaths in the last 24 hours and 176 in the last seven days.

In Italy, the Government continues with its agenda to eliminate restrictions

Coronavirus cases have increased to levels of a couple of months ago in Italy, but the Government continues with its agenda to eliminate restrictions and the obligation of the vaccination certificate as of March 31 in different phases.

According to the daily bulletin communicated by the Italian Ministry of Health, 85,288 new cases and 180 deaths were registered this Tuesday. Italy trusts that this increase is due to the low temperatures of the past weeks and notes that the less aggressiveness of the omicron variant and the high number of vaccinated Italians are keeping hospitals without problems.

The Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, has assured that the objective is “to open everything as soon as possible” and has confirmed that the state of emergency will end on March 31, and with it, the division into risk zones of the regions.

Germany in record numbers does consider future measures

Germany again recorded a new consecutive record for the incidence of coronavirus. Health authorities reported 262,593 new positives and 269 deaths in 24 hours, compared to 215,854 and 314 a week ago, while active cases are estimated at about 3,637,200.

Meanwhile, the Bundestag today debates the draft to modify the law for the protection against infectious diseases presented by the coalition government between Social Democrats, Greens and Liberals that should replace the current legal base that expires next Saturday.

Increase in infections in Belgium

Belgium experienced an increase in infections and hospitalizations in the last week of 8,075 and 156.4 daily, respectively, health authorities reported on Wednesday. Those figures represent a rise in covid cases of 30 percent from March 6 to 12 compared to the previous reference period.

Belgium lifted practically all health measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus on March 7. Since then, the covid certificate is not required to enter indoors and the use of a mask is only required in public transport, hospitals and nursing homes.

In France, the rebound is expected to reverse in 10 or 15 days

The French Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, hopes that the rebound in coronavirus infections that is being experienced now will be reversed in 10-15 days and have a “contained” effect on hospital pressure, which will not change the relaxation of sanitary measures.

In an interview with the France Info radio station, Véran explained that the forecasts point to a peak of 120,000 to 150,000 daily infections by the end of March, although “the load on hospitals will be contained.”

The number of patients in hospitals, which had been falling continuously for more than a month, has stagnated in recent days.

Slight rebound in infections in Spain

Spain has experienced a slight rebound in infections since last week, which breaks the downward trend that began in mid-January in the country, with an incidence still at high risk, of 432 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in the last fourteen days.

The health departments of the different regions of the country attribute the rises to the relaxation of measures and the Carnival celebrations, while experts warn that in the coming months, in the face of festivities such as Holy Week, there could be new increases in the transmission.

Netherlands: increase in the last week

The number of COVID-19 patients in Dutch hospitals has been increasing in the last week, with almost 2,000 people admitted mainly to nursing wards, according to official figures. ICU admissions have been relatively low and stable for several weeks, with 156 patients in intensive care as of Wednesday.

In addition, an average of about 61,000 new positives is registered in 24 hours, with a downward trend in this last week, and deaths are around 12 daily.

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Source: Elcomercio

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