A few months and a half after the European Centre for Diseases Prevention and Control Management (ECDC) began first publishing color-coded maps in help of the Council Suggestion on a coordinated strategy to the restriction of free motion in response to the Coronavirus pandemic, the epidemiological state of affairs in Europe hasn’t recovered in any respect.
In reality, regardless of the latest restrictions and lockdowns, the state of affairs has solely deteriorated, the newest maps revealed by the ECDC present.
Within the replace revealed on Thursday, November 26, the ECDC maps as soon as once more counsel that journey all through Europe is an actuality that won’t be attainable this yr, for non-EU residents, and possibly for EU residents as nicely, if the epidemiological state of affairs stays on the similar ranges or worsens.
Based on the ECDC maps, that are primarily based on knowledge reported by the EU Member States to The European Surveillance System (Tessy) database by 23:59 each Tuesday, the state of affairs has not improved in any of the Member States, not like a final week when Eire went from purple to orange.
In reality, the state of affairs has deteriorated in a number of areas, together with within the final Greek islands that final week have been colored in orange.
In Finland, part of which was the one inexperienced area up till this week has gone orange too. The Uusimaa area has additionally gone from orange to purple, thus turning into the primary purple area in Finland.
In Norway, the state of affairs hasn’t modified as soon as once more, because the Nordic nation stays principally orange, with solely a small portion of it in purple. Greenland, at a similar time, stays fully orange.
The nations which have failed to tell the ECDC on the state of affairs of their territory this week are as follows:
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- UK’s Northern Eire
- UK’s Scotland
Relating to testing charges, Denmark and Cyprus have the very best testing charges, with 5,000 checks carried out for every 100,000 residents. Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal, the vast majority of Italy, and three areas of Spain comply with a testing price between 2500-4999 for every 100,000 inhabitants.
Poland and Bulgaria, then again, stay the 2 EU members with the bottom testing charges, which are between 300 to 999 individuals per every 100,000 inhabitants.
