Filenews 9 September 2021
Cyprus remains in the red zone of high-risk countries according to the updated map of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which was posted on the agency's website on Thursday.
In the "red" continue to be Greece, Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Iceland, Estonia, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia and Ireland, part of which is still in the "deep red". Parts of Greece and France are still in the "deep red", although fewer than last week.
The picture remains mixed in Italy, Germany and the Scandinavian countries, while Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary are in the green zone.
The red zone is defined as the regions where the total number of new cases in the previous 14 days is between 75 and 200 per 100 thousand inhabitants, and the rate of positive tests exceeds 4%, and if the number of new cases is below 500 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants (in which case the country passes to the "deep red" category).
The map and related data are made public by the ECDC every Thursday, supporting the efforts made on the basis of a relevant recommendation by the Council of the EU to coordinate restrictions on free movement due to the pandemic. The maps are based on the latest data found in the database sent by member states to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) by midnight on Tuesday.
