US, Europe pushed 'to the brink' by virus resurgence

A physician assistant collects a nasal swab sample from a patient for Covid-19 testing in California yesterday.

In the US, after hitting a two-month plateau, the rate of new cases is now soaring in the south and west, with the confirmed infection rate nearing levels last seen in April.Republican Governor Greg Abbott had been confident that Texas had escaped the worst of the US outbreak that has taken almost 122,000 lives, by far the highest toll in the world.

US health officials now believe based on antibody surveys that some 24 million people may be infected – 10 times higher than the officially recorded figure of around 2.4 million. Norway, which has some of the most severe travel restrictions still in force, said Thursday it would aim to relax the measures with Schengen and EU nations by mid-July.

WHO regional director Hans Kluge warned that in 11 nations, “accelerated transmission has led to very significant resurgence that if left unchecked will push health systems to the brink once again in Europe”.However, Europe’s current caseload compares favourably with that of the Americas, with the US and Brazil continuing to lead the world in confirmed cases and deaths.Governments are still struggling to balance the public health needs of fighting a virus that has infected at least 9.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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