BRUSSELS - The European Union is warning governments not to reduce the 14-day quarantine for people infected with Covid-19 as some develop the infection even after two weeks, the head of the bloc's health agency said, signalling a new surge in cases in Europe.
"We are looking to provide some evidence to decision makers on what kind of risks they would take if quarantine was shorter," Dr Andrea Ammon, head of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, told EU lawmakers in a regular hearing on Wednesday . Last week, Germany decided that from October, people returning from high-risk regions abroad will have to quarantine for five days.
"The virus has not been sleeping over the summer. It did not take vacation," Dr Ammon told lawmakers."We are almost back to numbers that we have seen in March", Dr Ammon said, referring to the beginning of the peak phase in Europe.
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