Restrictions of gathering and traffic, but also vaccination or massive screenings: while the contaminations with the new variant fly on the continent, the states are mobilized all azimuths.
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In recent days, according to the countries, the populations have therefore returned with the restrictions of circulation and rally, especially for the end-of-year holidays, others rushed to the tests, made more accessible, or have been enjoined to wear the mask in all circumstances. In many countries, the tension on hospitals also begins to manifest itself.
In Spain, the port of the mask in the open air becomes mandatory
This is the case in Spain, where the government announced, Wednesday, December 22, that it would mobilize retirement health professionals and impose the port of the outdoor mask. After having thought spared by the new wave, thanks to the success of vaccination (85% of the over the age of 70 have already received the third dose), the country knows the levels of contamination ever seen (nearly 50,000 cases December 21st); The Omicron variant also represents nearly 50% of the analyzed PCR tests.
With nearly 7,500 hospitalized people and 1,500 in intensive care unit, the occupancy rate of hospitals by CVIV-19 patients is 15%. The government also focuses on its strategy on vaccination of children aged 5 to 12, which began on December 15, and on the third dose. Catalonia has announced the closing of discos, the recovery of a gauge in restaurants, bars, theaters, shops, and the establishment of a curfew between 1 hour and 6 am.
Despite a slight drop in hospitalizations, the Dutch government justifies, the maintenance of severe restrictions until mid-January 2022 to protect intensive care units, where the number of beds is considered insufficient. Particularly affected, the Netherlands ordered a quasi-confinement on December 19 – closing non-essential stores, schools, cultural sites, restaurants and cafes. But in the face of the reluctance of an important part of the population, the authorities are reluctant to evoke the transformation of the sanitary pass into a vaccination pass, or to decree mandatory vaccination. In Belgium, the parties are also divided on this subject, but all call for a parliamentary debate.
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