an epidemic of varying geography

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THEhe Covid-19 virus has been circulating in Europe and has been growing strongly in recent days: the incidence rate has increased by 44% in one week. Alexandre Hébert, journalist at France Télévisions, takes stock of the situation.

A 44% increase in the incidence rate in Europe for the Covid-19 virus is a disaster for European leaders. “What is striking is that Europe gives the impression of being cut in two. There are the southern countries which are less affected while the eastern countries are strongly affected. Romania and the Netherlands now has an incidence rate of over 500 per 100,000 inhabitants “, report Alexandre Hébert, journalist at France Télévisions.

In France, the situation is much less worrying. “The incidence rate in France is currently 95 per 100,000 inhabitants. This week there were, on average, 9,061 new cases per day. This represents a 75% increase in the number of cases per day in one This outbreak across Europe worries the WHO, which predicts that there will be 500,000 new deaths by February 2022 “, adds the journalist from France Télévisions.

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