Europe concerns about increased Covid-19 case toll

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2 November 2020

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Brussels, Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) The increased Covid-19 cases in Europe really worries regional authorities, as several nations announced their strict measures and respective lockdown.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, the so-called old continent reported last week as many as 1.5 million new cases, the highest toll since the beginning of the pandemic.

In this regard, Europe exceeded 10 million positive cases and health systems are beginning to be pressured by the possibility of being overwhelmed as at the beginning of this year.

Europe is once again the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic. I express my deeply concern and reiterate WHO´s commitment to support as much as possible, Kluge said at a press conference.

According to the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control, the worst affected nations are France, Spain, UK, Italy and Germany.

In France, which has over 1,410,000 cases and 37,000 deaths, its government ordered one-month lockdown, without closing schools or jobs.

Spain, for its part, reports more than 1,185,000 positive cases and as many as 36,000 deaths, and has been under a new state of alarm since past Wednesday, including curfews and restrictions.

Meanwhile, in the United Kingdom, the Epidemiologist Andrew Hayward lashed out at Boris Johnson for delaying in imposing another lockdown and also said such a decision has cost thousands of lives.

The new quarantine will begin on Thursday and only be applied in England because Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland follow their own methods to fight the pandemic, which has left so far 1,340,914 positive cases and 46,717 deaths in UK.

Meanwhile, the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte affirmed that in view of the speedy spread of the Covid-19 pandemic (with a total of over 709,000 positive cases and 38,826 deaths) it will be necessary to implement a differentiated regime of restrictions based on regional scenarios.

On the other hand, Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel warned that Germany is heading towards an acute health emergency situation, for which she urged citizens to respect health regulations and comply with a four-week period of partial lockdown.