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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Guardian: Third Covid Wave Sweeps Across the EU
Countries in the EU are reinstating total lockdowns. The rate of new infections in some EU countries are staggering.
New variants blamed as Italy, France, Germany and Poland see infection rates surge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/14/thid-covid-wave-sweeps-across-eu-and-forces-new-restrictions
A third wave of the Covid pandemic is now advancing swiftly across much of Europe. As a result, many nations bogged down by sluggish vaccination campaigns are witnessing sharp rises in infection rates and numbers of cases.
The infection rate in the EU is now at its highest level since the beginning of February, with the spread of new variants of the Covid-19 virus being blamed for much of the recent increase.
Several countries are now set to impose strict new lockdown measures in the next few days in contrast to the UK, which is beginning to emerge slowly from its current bout of shop and school closures and sports bans.
In Italy, authorities recorded more than 27,000 new cases and 380 deaths on Friday. More than a year after the start of the health emergency, we are unfortunately facing a new wave of infections, said prime minister Mario Draghi. The memory of what happened last spring is vivid, and we will do everything to prevent it from happening again.
From Monday most of Italy will be placed under lockdown and people will only be allowed to leave their homes for essential errands. Most shops will be closed, along with bars and restaurants.
In France, authorities have reported a similar grim situation, with health minister Olivier Véran describing the situation in the greater Paris region as tense and worrying. Every 12 minutes night and day, a Parisian is admitted to an intensive care bed, he revealed.
President Macron has imposed curfews and other social restrictions in several regions, and many doctors are now pressing him to introduce a national lockdown as a matter of urgency.
In Germany, 12,674 new Covid infections were reported on Saturday, a rise of 3,117 from the previous week, as the head of the countrys infectious disease agency acknowledged that the country was now in the grip of a third wave of Covid-19.
Similarly in Poland, 17,260 new daily coronavirus cases were reported on Wednesday, the highest daily figure since November. New pandemic restrictions are likely to be announced this week, government officials have indicated. Poland already has imposed tight restrictions on social gatherings, most schools are closed, and restaurants can only serve meals for delivery.
In addition, both Hungary and the Czech Republic have reported high infection rates and deaths from Covid and health officials have warned figures are likely to get worse in coming weeks.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Dont expect any more shut downs here.
I think the public has given up and think vaccinating 12% of the population is herd immunity.
I could be wrong. But I think the public appetite for doing whats sensible has passed.
Maybe thats just my perception though.
I will continue to mask up and avoid crowds until not only am I vaccinated but most everyone else is too.
Rustyeye77
(2,736 posts)start coming in.
Who are they going to blame?... probably Biden.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Why didnt he stop us from killing ourselves?
Instead he hurt our feelings by calling us Neanderthals.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)SunSeeker
(51,697 posts)It's not migrants infecting Texans, it's Texans infecting migrants!
JI7
(89,264 posts)home and infect people there which is how covid started spreading across the country last year .
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)misanthrope
(7,428 posts)Murka gonna murka
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)what they wanted. Just like some people in U.S. states.
Shermann
(7,428 posts)That seems to be appropriate for Germany and Italy, but the UK and Spain already had their Third Wave.
I guess at the end of the day we're all wet either way. What difference does it really make.
misanthrope
(7,428 posts)Just checking.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)the other countries are rising.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)fuck them ALL