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In recent weeks, some countries in Europe and Asia have reported an increase in coronavirus cases. Germany expects to have reached the peak of this wave of infections after registering 1.5 million last week. according to institute Robert Koch (RKI), The United Kingdom has ended March with a record high of positivity, with nearly 5 million infected, according to its Office for National Statistics, while hospitalization figures remain the same as in January; And Italy and France have also experienced an increase in incidence. All these countries have been approving the end of most of the restrictions imposed due to coronavirus.
In Asia, China is going through its worst wave since the start of the pandemic, which has forced it to lock down Shanghai in two phases, and a previous surge in Hong Kong has infected more than half its population. In January, the former British colony had added 213 deaths, while March’s latest figure stood at 7,706. Elena Vanessa Martínez, president of the Spanish Society of Epidemiology, and Macarena Vidal, correspondent for EL PAÍS in Beijing, explain in this video the reasons for this rebound on the two continents, which have been following very different strategies to fight for two years. are. Virus. Virus.
