Faced with a new wave of the Omicron variant that is exploding the number of COVID-19 pollutants, more and more governments around the world are being forced to ease the rules for isolating patients and their relatives to avoid economic stagnation.
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While Omicron’s serious epidemic – and its impressive march of strikes and isolation – have not accelerated pollution, this time around, the increase in deaths is having a major impact on the organization’s structure.
The first area involved, Europe – the current hub of the epidemic – is facing unprecedented levels of pollution: more than 4.9 million infections have been reported in the last seven days, or 59% more than in the previous week, according to AFP. Saturday. In total, more than 100 million cases have been reported since the virus was discovered in December 2019.
To protect socio-economic life, France – which has detected more than a million cases in the last seven days – announced on Sunday that it was easing rules to isolate victims and their contacts from Monday, thus joining the growing list. Countries that reduce isolated time.
Positive individuals who have been completely vaccinated should now isolate themselves for seven days instead of ten, regardless of variation, and may be isolated after five days in the event of a negative test. There will also be no isolation for those in contact with a complete vaccination schedule.
The change in the rules will make it possible to ensure “control of pollution while maintaining socio-economic life,” the health ministry said in a statement.
“Living with a virus”
In the United Kingdom, which records daily pollution records, British Health Minister Sajid Javid pointed out on Saturday that the new regulations would interfere with the UK as a “last resort”. Shortly before Christmas, the British government reduced the isolation period for those infected with the corona virus from ten to seven days.
Emphasizing the “enormous health, social and economic costs” of prisons, he said it was necessary to provide oneself with the means to “live with the virus” through vaccinations, treatments and massive screening. Javed realized. Daily Mail.
However, the minister acknowledged that the health services would be “inevitably” under pressure in the coming weeks due to the “drastic increase” in hospitals.
On Friday, the Swiss Health Commission decided that the isolation of cantons contact cases could be reduced from ten days to seven days and restricted to “those who lived together or were in close contact with a positively tested person.”
To find a balance between the “public health” and the “developing economy”, Spain already decided on Wednesday to reduce the number of people positive for Covit-19 from ten to seven days, for fear of the economy collapsing. According to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
On the same day, Argentina took a similar decision in an attempt to mitigate the impact of the record increase in cases in its region on economic activity. Portugal decided to do the same on Friday.
Cancellation of flights in the United States
South Africa, believing it had surpassed the peak of the Omigron wave, canceled the night curfew order that had been in effect for 21 months on December 31 for its part. “We are trying to find a balance between the lives of the people, their livelihoods and the goal of saving lives,” Minister Montley Kungubele told the President.
An example of the impact of the Omigron wave is that global aviation is still facing many disruptions. In isolation, airlines are forced to cancel flights due to the absence of pilots and flight crew members after the Covit-19 or contact.
On Saturday, in the United States, inconsistent weather added to the disruption associated with the explosion, with approximately 2,660 flights canceled and more than half of the 4,617 flights canceled worldwide, with the flyover base at 7:30 p.m.
To control absenteeism and thus avoid blockages and shortages, Joe Biden’s management on Monday decided to reduce the recommended isolation period for people who are positive for Govt disease from ten to five days.
While Omicron’s serious epidemic – and its impressive march of strikes and isolation – have not accelerated pollution, this time around, the increase in deaths is having a major impact on the organization’s structure.
The first area involved, Europe – the current hub of the epidemic – is facing unprecedented levels of pollution: more than 4.9 million infections have been reported in the last seven days, or 59% more than in the previous week, according to AFP. Saturday. In total, more than 100 million cases have been reported since the virus was discovered in December 2019.
To protect socio-economic life, France – which has detected more than a million cases in the last seven days – announced on Sunday that it was easing rules to isolate victims and their contacts from Monday, thus joining the growing list. Countries that reduce isolated time.
Positive individuals who have been completely vaccinated should now isolate themselves for seven days instead of ten, regardless of variation, and may be isolated after five days in the event of a negative test. There will also be no isolation for those in contact with a complete vaccination schedule.
The change in the rules will make it possible to ensure “control of pollution while maintaining socio-economic life,” the health ministry said in a statement.
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