There are only 4 EU countries with effective preventive measures of COVID-19, Hungary not among them
Based on the number of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, Hungary is considered high risk with a very high probability of infection. There are only four countries in the EU that have an average below the alarm threshold, says the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the “alarm threshold” is 20 cases per 100,000 people on a seven-day average, CNN reports.
Currently, there are only four states in the European Union where the seven-day average is below 100 per 100,000. These countries are
- Germany (18.4 cases per 100,000),
- Finland (15.5),
- Cyprus (14.6), and
- Norway (13.9).
All other EU countries are above the crucial threshold and seem to have difficulties containing fresh outbreaks. Therefore, the risk of COVID-19 is high, meaning that the probability of infection is rather high. Countries on the other end of the scale, with the highest numbers, are
- the Czech Republic (167.6),
- the Netherlands (140.3), and
- France (120.3).
According to the latest data from the last 14 days, there were 121.91 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in Hungary.
The number of registered coronavirus infections in Hungary has risen by 932 to 34,046, koronavirus.gov.hu said on 8 October. There are 23,961 active infections, and 804 Covid-19 patients are being treated in hospital, 56 on ventilators.
The rising number of new cases comes with a rising death rate in most European countries. “Sustained increases in case levels have been recorded in 27 countries.”
Therefore, many countries are introducing new restrictions to try to contain the spread. For example, the whole country is on the highest level of restrictions in Ireland, Paris is on the verge of a lockdown, and the Czech Republic entered a state of emergency.
Source: www.edition.cnn.com; www.koronavirus.gov.hu; www.qap.ecdc.europa.eu