“These data include all deaths, regardless of cause, but may be useful in assessing the direct and indirect effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on European citizens,” Eurostat said in a press release. However, Ireland is not included in the survey, as no data have been received from there yet.
The biggest risk for seniors
The European Statistical Office has concluded that the deaths peaked in a week from late March to early April, when an additional 36,000 deaths were recorded.
Men died more often than women in March, women in April and early May, but the figures leveled off in June. About 96% of the additional deaths were in people over the age of 70.
The pandemic hit Italy first hardest in Europe and then Spain. Spain has registered 48,000 more deaths than the average of the previous four years, and Italy 46,000 more.
You have to stay home in Ireland again
The new coronavirus has re-emerged, forcing many countries to return to severe restrictions. Ireland is the first in the European Union to reintroduce quarantine. The “stay at home” order is set for six weeks from midnight on October 22.
All non-essential shops are closed, bars and restaurants are allowed to sell food and drinks only on the go. “Everyone in this country is being asked to stay at home,” Prime Minister Mihal Martin said in a televised address.
Only essential workers are allowed to go to work. Sports are allowed within a radius of five kilometers around the place of residence, violators of the radius face punishment.
Must be received in anticipation of Christmas
The Prime Minister emphasizes that schools and childcare facilities will remain open “because we cannot and will not allow the future of our children and young people to be another victim of this disease”.
The ban on visits between different households and indoor events has been extended, but elite and professional sporting events are allowed behind closed doors.
Martin points out that the new restrictions are “probably the strictest regime in Europe”, but “further action is now needed”. “If we get the next six weeks, we will have the opportunity to celebrate Christmas in a meaningful way,” the prime minister calls.