The epidemiological scenario in japanese and central Europe, in addition to in Belgium for the primary time, has improved barely over the previous week, based on the newest map on the unfold of COVID-19 issued by the European Centre for Illness Prevention and Management (ECDC) on Thursday.
Cyprus, along with most areas and nations within the EU and the European Financial Space (EEA), stays within the “deep pink” class, the best obtainable class for recording the unfold of COVID-19.
The province of Subcarpathia in south-eastern Poland stays within the orange class, having modified from pink week final week. The Aosta Valley area in north-western Italy has additionally grow to be the second area on mainland Europe to enter the orange class this week.
Extra areas in southern and north-western Poland have additionally handed from the deep pink to the pink class, alongside with the whole lot of Romania except the capital Bucharest, which stays within the “deep pink” class.
The whole lot of Hungary can be now within the pink class, together with most of Bulgaria except the north-eastern areas of the nation. Extra areas in Croatia are additionally now within the pink class.
In western Europe, Wallonia in Belgium has now handed into the pink class for the primary time in a number of months, whereas the scenario in lots of areas of Spain stays improved since final week. Malta additionally stays within the pink class.
The epidemiological scenario has worsened within the abroad French territory of French Guyana in South America, dropping once more from orange to pink. The French abroad territory of Mayotte within the Indian Ocean stays within the “inexperienced”, that’s most secure, class.
For a second week in a row, the map doesn’t embrace details about Sweden on account of there being lower than 600 checks per 100 thousand inhabitants within the final 14 days.
The map is a device for offering up to date info to native authorities and residents on the epidemiological scenario on a neighborhood degree, with a view to facilitate the imposition of restrictive measures and inform citizen selections on travelling.
The ECDC map information the notification fee for COVID-19 over the previous 14 days per 100 thousand folks in each area of the EU/EEA nations, weighted by vaccine uptake in every area.
The ECDC map doesn’t document the variety of deaths or hospitalisations. The map additionally doesn’t account for the proportion of complete instances brought on by the Omicron variant.
In line with the ECDC’s pointers, areas the place the 14-day notification fee per 100 thousand inhabitants, weighted by vaccine uptake, is lower than 40 fall into the “inexperienced” class, areas the place the speed is lower than 100 however 40 or extra fall into the “orange” class, areas the place the speed is lower than 300 however 100 or extra fall into the “pink” class, and areas the place the speed is 300 or extra fall into the “darkish pink” class.
ECDC publishes related maps and information each Thursday, in assist of the Council advice on a coordinated strategy to the restriction of free motion in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The newest revision of the Council Suggestion was adopted by EU Member States on 25 January 2022 and got here into impact on 1 February 2022.
The maps are based mostly on information reported by the Member States to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) by midnight on Tuesday.
(CNA)