BARCELONA, Spain — A report released Friday morning by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) found that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the continent was improving compared with the spikes of new cases and hospitalizations experienced in December.
that all 27 member states adopt a temporary requirement that passengers on flights originating in China show proof of a recent negative PCR test prior to flying and be required to wear a high-quality mask on board. It also recommended random testing of arriving passengers and surveying airport wastewater, with positive results of both to be sequenced.
flights be required to take pre-flight tests and that a masking requirement be reinstated across the board. With the measures applying only to flights from China, and with only some countries putting them in place,"it's like putting up a gate in a wide-open field," Macip said. While the initial concern was that passengers from China would introduce new variants into Europe, none have yet been detected.“The variants circulating in China are already circulating in the EU, and as such are not challenging for the immune response of EU/EEA citizens,” the agency wrote. “In addition, EU/EEA citizens have relatively high immunization and vaccination levels, [thus] a surge in cases in China is not expected to impact the COVID-19 epidemiological situation in the EU/EEA.
López Acuña is also extremely concerned about XBB 1.5, the so-called Kraken variant that appears to be more severe than prior strains, is showing resistance to monoclonal antibody treatments and “is causing a considerable increase in hospitalization and mortality on the East Coast of the US.”bulletin, ECDC wrote that the new variant has already been found in 16 European countries, but that"The rapid growth in the U.S.
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