Al-Arabiya reported that talk of the Corona epidemic in the midst of summer has returned in France and other countries, with a rise in the number of infections that calls for vigilance, although it has not reached high levels.
Re-emergence of the epidemic has also been reported in the United States, Britain, India and Japan.
The peoples overcame the SARS-Cove-2 virus, after it continued to spread for more than three years through many waves, but it is now returning to the minds of the French. Some indications confirm its resurgence.
Visits to emergency departments with suspected Covid-19 infection increased in the week from July 31 to August 6 by 31% compared to the previous week, with 920 cases recorded, according to data from Santé Public France.
The Public Health Agency confirmed that “the numbers remain moderate”. Epidemic waves during the summer and winter of 2022 recorded more than 4,000 cases per week.
And at the SOS Médecins service, “medical examinations for suspected Covid-19 infection are increasing in all age groups,” reaching more than 1,500 examinations at the beginning of August, an increase of 84% in one week, according to “Santé Public”. France”.
The World Health Organization said that the number of cases detected worldwide increased by 80% over a month, with an additional one and a half million injuries from the tenth of July to the sixth of August.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed during a press conference that the organization no longer considers the epidemic a global health emergency since the beginning of May, but that “the virus continues to spread in all countries, and it continues to kill and change.”
The EG.5 mutant, which scientists call “Iris”, is currently the most monitored because it may be behind the resurgence of the epidemic.
Experts believe that summer gatherings and a decline in the level of immunity are factors that may play a role in the return of the epidemic as well.
And the World Health Organization stated that more than 17% of the Covid infections that were detected in the world in mid-July are due to the “AG5” variant. (Arabic)
2023-08-12 11:02:13
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