Milan, July 7, 2022 – Italy – like much of Europe – it remains complete in dark redthe fascia of greater risk of Covid in ECDC color map (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control), which was developed on the basis of new cases registered in the last 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants and the positive rate between tests performed.
The European map of contagion
The surveillance of the Gimbe Foundation also certifies the growth of infections in our country: in the last week the study notes a 55% increase in new cases, while deaths have increased by 18.4%.
Expanding the goal beyond national borders, according to the latest update, they are totally in dark red France, Austria, Portugal, Iceland, Greece. Ireland is split between Dark Red and Light Red, as are Belgium and Slovenia. Spain is mostly dark red, except for a light red area and some gray areas due to insufficient testing rate to determine risk level. Complete in light red Latvia. In the rest of the countries, gray dominates (except for a very small area in Finland, which is kept in dark red).
Meanwhile second the Em“We see a new wave of Covid cases in many EU countries because the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants are highly transmissible,” explained Marco Cavaleri, Head of Vaccine StrategyEuropean Medicines Agency. Furthermore also people between the ages of 60 and 79 and medically susceptible people of all ages – the EMA recommendation – should get one second booster dose of vaccine against Covid as infection rates rise”.