The new wave of Coronavirus swept the Central Europe: the number of COVID-19 infections continues to grow in Poland and Hungary, and in the Czech Republic reached a new maximum number of patients who need urgent hospitalization writes "Moscow Komsomolets".
Linders the rates of morbidity in Europe Czech Republic. Over the past week in the country with a population of 10.7 million people registered more than 95 thousand infected people.
Previously, the severity of the epidemiological situation in the Czech Republic also stated the prime minister of the country Andrei Babish: "It is necessary to prevent a total catastrophe. Dramatic grows the number of patients with coronavirus in intensive care and connected to IVL devices.
According to the head of government, "there was no such situation as now in the republic." Due to lack of beds in local hospitals, you have to send patients to neighboring countries.
The number of new cases of the disease COVID-19 and in Hungary - it was equal with peak figures in December 2020 - about 6 thousand people are registered per day, while one of the highest mortality rates are recorded in the country. According to the head of the Hungarian government, Viktor Orban, the number of hospitalizations can grow up to 20 thousand from the current × 8 thousand.
In Poland on Wednesday, March 10, it was recorded the largest amount of infection since the end of November 2020 - 17,260 new cases per day. Press Secretary of the Ministry of Health Country Wojciech Androwvich in an interview with Polskie Radio reported that 67% of the beds allocated for patients with COVID-19 are employed in local hospitals. The most critical situation is observed in Mazowieck and Kuiyan-Pomeranian voivodeship, where 78% of the beds for patients with coronavirus infection are occupied.
In Slovakia, the mortality rate and the number of new cases of coronavirus is also growing steadily. Therefore, the Prime Minister of the country Igor Mattovich at the beginning of the week called on the EU agency for drugs to speed up the approval of the Russian vaccine, warning that "the map was put on the card."
In France, the number of patients in the departments of intensive therapy is not reduced. According to local officials, the situation in medical institutions is extremely disturbing.
Against this background, Spain stands out, the number of new cases of COVID-19 in which it dropped sharply: at the beginning of 2021, about 900 cases per 100 thousand people were recorded in the country, and on Wednesday March 10 - only 153 cases.
In the UK, the situation also gradually stabilizes: the country's authorities launched total vaccination of the population, calculated on the principle of ages - from the oldest and further to younger age groups. At the moment, the first of two vaccinations from COVID-19 has already received more than 21 million people.