Europe faces ‘twindemic’, coronavirus still hasn’t healed recurrent influenza
Date 18 Jan 2022 time 12:47
Europe fears facing a double epidemic When covid comes with the flu that spreads faster than expected.
Archyde.com reported that the lockdown measures wearing a mask and social distancing that has become the new norm in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic. The flu, which usually comes during the winter, almost never had an epidemic last year.
But this year, many countries have eased measures to control COVID-19. After many vaccinations causing influenza to spread in Europe once more in winter The epidemic rate is increasing faster than previously anticipated.
This has raised concerns that Europe will face a twindemic or a multiplying epidemic. when covid-19 is still protracted As the flu comes back
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reported this month that Since mid-Dec. In the past, the influenza virus has spread in Europe at a higher than expected rate. Last month, the number of influenza cases in the ICU continued to increase.
According to EU figures, the virus kills regarding 650,000 people worldwide a year.
Paci Paintinen, an expert at ECDC, said the return of the virus might be the start of an unusually long flu season. especially if disease control measures are cancelled. May cause influenza epidemic to continue until the summer from which normally must end in May
“The twindemic will put great pressure on an already tight public health system,” the ECDC said.
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