Filenews 28 October 2021
For another week, Cyprus remains in the "red zone" of the epidemiological map of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), while the situation in Western Europe, as well as in Poland and the Scandinavian countries, shows a partial improvement.
In particular, according to the map published on Thursday afternoon, several areas in France have passed from the orange to the green zone, while more areas are now safe in Spain and Italy. Improvement has also been observed in Norway and Sweden.
Iceland, regions of the Netherlands, part of the Czech Republic and Poland and parts of Greece pass into the orange category.
In the red category remain among others Germany, Belgium, Austria and much of Hungary.
In the deep red continue to be the countries of the Baltic Sea, Romania, much of Bulgaria, parts of Greece and important areas in Slovenia and Croatia.
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 100,000 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 10,000 settlers 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).
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.
