Filenews 22 October 2021
Cyprus has re-entered the red category on the epidemiological map of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) for the spread of the coronavirus, published on Thursday, after two weeks in the orange category.
Cyprus moved into the red category after the recent deterioration of the epidemiological data and is again considered a country with an increased risk of spreading COVID-19.
The picture is now quite improved in Spain, France, Italy and Portugal, where several areas are in the green, or "safe" category, with the rest remaining in the orange category.
In orange are also found most regions of Sweden, Poland and the Czech Republic, as well as Denmark. However, the situation is mixed in Norway, Poland and the Czech Republic, where some regions are in the red category.
In the red category, or with most of the regions in this category, are Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Austria and Hungary.
In the deep red, one step below the red zones, are the Baltic states, Romania, a significant part of Bulgaria, Slovenia, part of Croatia and northern Greece. In Greece, in the orange category are Crete and the Aegean islands as well as Epirus and Attica.
An orange zone is defined as countries or regions where the total number of new cases in the previous 14 days is between less than 50 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants, and the rate of positive tests exceeds 4%, or where the total number of new cases is between 50 and 75 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the rate of positive tests exceeds 1%, or where the total number of new cases is between 75 and of 200 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and the rate of positive tests is less than 4%.
The red zone is defined as the countries or regions where the total number of new cases in the previous 14 days is between 75 and 200 per 100,000 inhabitants, and the percentage of positive tests exceeds 4%, and if the number of new cases is below 500 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (in which case the country passes to the "deep red" category).
CNA
