Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
Spain: Malaga hospital christmas party superspreader – nearly 70 medics infected
Everyone who was infected had antigen tests or third booster jabs before the party. More...
FFP2 masks more effective at preventing Covid infection than vaccines
Max Planck: “When both wear a surgical mask, while the infectious is speaking, the very conservative upper bound remains below 30% after 1h, but, when both wear a well-fitting FFP2 mask, it is 0.4%”
We find, for a typical SARS-CoV-2 viral load and infectious dose, that social distancing alone, even at 3m between two speaking individuals, leads to an upper bound of 90% for risk of infection after a few minutes. More...
Denmark Omicron: “We have to break patient guidelines, there is nothing else we can do”
The outbreak with the corona variant Omicron is now so widespread in Viborg Municipality that the municipality can no longer stay within the Danish Agency for Patient Safety’s guidelines. More...
Denmark: ‘We have no control over the epidemic’
Viggo Andreasen, associate professor at Roskilde University who specializes in mathematical epidemiology, said he believes that the current picture shows that we have no control over the epidemic in Denmark. More...
Norway: ‘We have no control over the Omicron variant’
On Monday morning, 6th December, Norway’s assistant health director Espen Rostrup Nakstad says that they have no control over the new variant. More...
Norway: Omicron infections rise to 120 130 in “unstoppable” Christmas superspreader event
Up to 120 people have so far been confirmed infected with corona after the Louise Restaurant, Oslo, Christmas table. More...
Denmark: 53 infected with Omicron after Christmas lunch in Viborg
A Christmas lunch with 150 guests in Viborg, Denmark, has given rise to an outbreak of infection with the new Omicron variant. More...
Norway: 42 infected in SECOND Christmas dinner superspreader event – Omicron suspected
42 people have so far been diagnosed with Covid following a Christmas dinner at Maarud on Saturday 27th November.
Belgium: Two hippos test positive for Sars-Cov-2 in Antwerp Zoo
Two hippos have tested positive for Covid-19 at Antwerp zoo, according to a press release. More...
Omicron: The world is “closer to the start of the pandemic than the end”
The emergence of the Omicron variant shows that the world is “closer to the start of the pandemic than the end”, one of Britain’s most senior scientific figures has warned, as he lamented a lack of political leadership over Covid. More...