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The second wave of Covid-19 has turned a part of Europe into quarantine. This time, you have to be more careful In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors were troubled by a peculiar phenomenon: some very sick patients admitted to hospital seemed to respond well to treatment at first, recovering almost enough to be discharged, and then suddenly get worse again. Europe is now experiencing this sad trajectory again on a continental scale, writes The Economist. When the first wave of Covid-19 threatened to fill intensive care units in the spring, many European countries imposed quarantines that restricted all kinds of activities.
Then, the number of cases fell, the wards Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data began to empty, and over time, the restrictions were eased. In the summer, infections began to increase again without causing any great alarm. Then, in October, the epidemic broke out again (see chart 1). Today, cases are doubling across the continent every two weeks – a rate of increase no less than that in March. Read also: Actor Muharrem Hoxha tearfully confesses that he lost his wife after being infected with Covid Flu or COVID in Albania? Virologist: It could be the JN1 variant The sudden reversal shows the harsh realities of exponential growth at work. When loads are low, fortnightly doublings can be tolerated for a time.
But as the outbreak takes on visible proportions, the quadrupling of cases in one month is truly intolerable. Belgium is learning this the hard way. Its hospitals, which doubled intensive care capacity in preparation for a second wave, were half full by October 26; hospitals may run out of empty beds by early November. Before imposing quarantines recently, France and Switzerland were predicting the same from mid-November. Scientists advising the British government predicted that, in the absence of restrictive measures, the National Health Service would reach capacity in December, when the number of patients infected with Covid-19 would exceed the "growth capacity" in field hospitals, set up in spring.
Then, the number of cases fell, the wards Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data began to empty, and over time, the restrictions were eased. In the summer, infections began to increase again without causing any great alarm. Then, in October, the epidemic broke out again (see chart 1). Today, cases are doubling across the continent every two weeks – a rate of increase no less than that in March. Read also: Actor Muharrem Hoxha tearfully confesses that he lost his wife after being infected with Covid Flu or COVID in Albania? Virologist: It could be the JN1 variant The sudden reversal shows the harsh realities of exponential growth at work. When loads are low, fortnightly doublings can be tolerated for a time.
But as the outbreak takes on visible proportions, the quadrupling of cases in one month is truly intolerable. Belgium is learning this the hard way. Its hospitals, which doubled intensive care capacity in preparation for a second wave, were half full by October 26; hospitals may run out of empty beds by early November. Before imposing quarantines recently, France and Switzerland were predicting the same from mid-November. Scientists advising the British government predicted that, in the absence of restrictive measures, the National Health Service would reach capacity in December, when the number of patients infected with Covid-19 would exceed the "growth capacity" in field hospitals, set up in spring.