Chinanews.com, August 5th, the integrated European network quoted EUN News Agency, recently, the new crown epidemic in many European countries rebounded. Experts from Germany and Belgium said that their country has entered the second wave of the new crown epidemic; statistics show that the number of deaths at the peak of the epidemic in Europe has increased by 160,000 year-on-year; an official deduction in Italy shows that the number of people infected with the new crown virus in the country may be close to 150 Million.

On the afternoon of July 31, local time, Tegel Airport, the busiest in Berlin, Germany before the new crown epidemic, was now in the cold. Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei

The second wave of new crown epidemic may appear in many European countries

　　According to reports, recently, the newly confirmed cases in Spain, Germany, France, Belgium and other countries have shown an upward trend.

　　In the past two weeks, nearly 1,000 new cases were confirmed every day in Germany. Dr. Susanne Johna, a board member of the German Medical Association, said that the second wave of the new crown epidemic in Germany has begun, but it is weaker than the first wave.

　　Johanna said that Germany is currently in the second wave of the new crown epidemic, and the number of infected people is slowly increasing. But she also emphasized that the scale of this round of epidemics is not the same as the scale of the first wave. German hospitals have prepared everything for the arrival of the second wave of the epidemic.

　　However, Willer, director of the De Robert Koch Institute, said on July 28 that the Institute was not sure whether this meant that Germany had entered the second wave of the epidemic.

　　On the other hand, Belgian virologist Steven Van Gucht said that the number of new confirmed cases in the country is currently steadily rising, indicating that the country has begun a second wave of outbreaks. He believes that it will still take a long time for people to return to their normal lives, and perhaps people will have to learn to coexist with the new coronavirus in the future.

Data map: In the Intensive Care Unit of Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England, a clinical staff member wearing protective equipment is nursing a patient with new coronary pneumonia.

The number of deaths at the peak of the epidemic in Europe increased by 160,000 year-on-year

　　On August 4, local time, Eurostat released a report on population deaths during the peak period of the epidemic, stating that during the peak period of the new crown epidemic from March to May 2020, the population deaths of EU member states increased by approximately 160,000 year-on-year. The data shows that the new crown epidemic will have a direct or indirect impact on the population development of areas with severe epidemics in Europe in the future.

　　According to reports, Eurostat obtained the above results by evaluating and analyzing the death data of the population at the peak of the epidemic in 24 member states and comparing the average natural population death data from 2016 to 2019.

　　The report pointed out that among the 25 regions most affected by the new crown epidemic in EU member states, Italy and Spain account for 21 regions. The other four severely affected areas are Haut-Rhin, Seine-Saint-Denis and Haute-Seine on the Seine in France, and Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands.

　　In addition, since the outbreak of the epidemic in early March, the death data of Italian society has the highest year-on-year increase, and reached its peak in late March.

On April 28, local time, a safety distance sign was posted on the subway in Rome, Italy, reminding passengers to maintain a safe distance when taking the subway during the epidemic.

Report: Nearly 1.5 million people in Italy may be infected with the new crown

　　On August 4, local time, the Italian Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) and the Red Cross jointly issued a joint investigation report on the new crown epidemic. The analysis results of a sample survey on the new coronavirus serum test screening showed that so far, The social infection rate of the new coronavirus in Italy is 2.5%.

　　Bragiado, director of the Italian National Institute of Statistics, said that the social infection rate of the new crown virus is 2.5%, which seems to be very low, but based on this probability, the number of people infected with the new crown in Italy is about 1.482 million. Amazing numbers.

　　However, the survey report also pointed out that the infection rate of the new crown virus in Italy is very different. The infection rate in Lombardy is 7.5%, while the infection rate in the southern region is less than 1%. (Lin Zhuqing, Jingying, Boyuan)