The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that seven European countries, including Spain, are "extremely concerned" with the possibility of a high death toll from the emerging corona virus pandemic, while the European Union called on member states to immediately tighten restrictions in the face of the second wave of the outbreak.

A report by the European Center, based in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, regarding epidemic risk assessment, stated that the seven countries of great concern are Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, as well as Malta.

He added that these countries have a high percentage of dangerous cases of infection with the emerging virus, or those that require hospitalization, with an increase in the number of deaths, whether currently recorded or expected.

In a related context, the European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, said in a press conference today that "all member states must take immediate and timely measures with the emergence of the first indications of new foci," and the European Commissioner added, "This may be our last opportunity to avoid a recurrence of the situation we have witnessed." Last spring. "

Europe has recorded more than five million cases of the new Corona virus, and several countries have begun to re-impose lockdown measures to stop the epidemic situation out of control for the second time, including France and Spain.

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Kyriakides warned that some regions in the European Union began to lift the restrictions to confront Corona at an early date, explaining that this “clearly means that the restrictions imposed were not sufficiently effective, or were not activated or followed properly.”

The high number of cases and deaths due to Corona disease in the European continent comes with the approaching winter season, which usually witnesses more respiratory diseases, including seasonal influenza.

In Europe, too, the French government approved yesterday strict new restrictions to combat the "Covid-19" epidemic, as French Health Minister Olivier Ferrand said that very strict measures were applied in the Aix-Marseille region in the southeast of the country, and in the Guadeloupe region of the Antilles.

The two areas have become classified within the "maximum warning" areas, which means a complete closure of bars and restaurants from Saturday, and "other establishments that receive citizens will also be closed, except for those that adopt a" strict health protocol "such as theaters, museums and cinemas.