A comprehensive Xinhua News Agency reporter in Europe reported that in recent days, Italy, France, Germany and other European countries have continued to relieve the new crown epidemic. However, due to the large number of patients, the number of new diagnoses, deaths and serious cases still reminds people not to relax.
At present, many European countries are planning to lift some of the epidemic prevention and control restrictions in early May, and strive to achieve a balance between anti-epidemic and economic recovery.
Diagnosis and deaths slow down
In Italy, there were 3,047 newly diagnosed cases, reaching 178,972; deaths, 433 new cases, reaching 23,660. The number of newly diagnosed cases, death cases and severe cases continued to decline. Among them, the newly added death cases were the lowest level in a week. The severe cases continued the downward trend since 4 days, and the epidemic continued to ease.
In France, on the 19th, a total of 112,606 cases were confirmed in hospitals, 63,336 confirmed or suspected cases in social medical institutions, and deaths rose to 19,718. Both inpatients and critical patients decreased. Salomon, the director of the French Health Agency, believes that the French new crown epidemic is easing. French Prime Minister Philippe said on the 19th that the epidemic is not over, but France has made some achievements in fighting the epidemic.
As of 0:00 local time on the 19th, Germany had a total of 139,897 confirmed cases, an increase of 2458 from the previous day; a total of 4,294 deaths, an increase of 184 from the previous day; and a total of approximately 88,000 cases were cured.
In Belgium, there were 1,313 newly diagnosed cases on the 19th, with a cumulative total of 38,496 confirmed cases; there were 230 new deaths on the day, with a cumulative total of 5,683 cases.
The Dutch National Institute of Public Health and Environment issued a communiqué on the 19th, saying that in the past 24 hours, there were 1066 newly diagnosed cases in the Netherlands, with a total of 32655 diagnosed cases; 83 new deaths and a total of 3684 deaths.
There were 596 newly confirmed cases in Britain on the 19th. The total number of confirmed cases climbed to 12,067, and the cumulative number of deaths reached 16,060.
Continue to consolidate the results of epidemic prevention and control
German Chancellor Braun said on the 19th that "mass immunization" is not a suitable strategy for Germany to respond to the epidemic. If more than half of the German population is to be immunized within 18 months, 73,000 people must be infected with the new coronavirus every day. The German medical system Can't bear such a big pressure. The measures currently taken by the federal government are to avoid infections until people can get immunized through the vaccine.
French Minister of Health Verang said that the medical staff's inventory of protective clothing, gloves and protective caps is tight, and the drugs that critical patients rely on are relatively scarce. French Prime Minister Philippe said on the 19th that France has increased its mask production capacity and significantly increased the number of hospital intensive care beds.
The Irish Health Service Executive said on the 19th that the second batch of personal protective equipment purchased from China will be shipped to Ireland in the near future, which will help ease the shortage of such equipment in the country.
Slovenia will start a nationwide random testing campaign on the 20th to assess the spread of the virus and determine whether there are a large number of asymptomatic infections to provide a basis for further measures. At present, a test invitation has been sent to 3,000 randomly selected people of all ages.
Croatia plans to test serum antibodies to 1,000 people within a week to understand the proportion of asymptomatic infections. The third batch of dozens of tons of medical supplies purchased by Croatia from China arrived in Zagreb on the 19th. In the near future, there will be several special planes to transport supplies from Shanghai to Zagreb.
Measures to gradually lift the ban may be introduced one after another
Bosnia and Herzegovina economists believe that if the government does not take strong measures to boost the economy, by the end of the year Bosnia and Herzegovina is expected to have nearly 100,000 unemployed. The International Monetary Fund recently predicted that Croatia ’s GDP will decrease significantly this year, and the unemployment rate will rise to 11.5%.
Italian Prime Minister Conte said on social media this weekend that Italy may resume some economic and social activities starting May 4. Conte denied the media reports that some regions will give priority to lifting the status of "closing the city", saying that the country will take concerted action on the issue of unblocking.
The Slovenian government had previously decided to gradually relax restrictions, including the resumption of business from car dealers, building materials stores, furniture stores, dry cleaners, repair shops, etc., and reopening some outdoor sports venues from the 20th. The Sri Lankan government requires people to strictly abide by the rules of wearing masks, using disinfectant, and maintaining a safe distance in indoor places.
The Dutch government will decide on the 21st whether to extend the bans scheduled for the 28th.
