Eastern Europe faces 'truly disastrous' Covid situation right now. Experts call it a 'warning.'
Thealso reported more than 16,000 cases — the country’s highest number since the pandemic began, prompting the government to begin a partial lockdown on Saturday which is set to last at least three weeks.
"hospital capacity tested" in recent weeks, Wenseleers said. But overall deaths appear to have largely been decoupled from high case rates, he added.However, the same cannot be said for countries in Eastern Europe, where he said the situation was"truly disastrous." "It’s not due to lack of vaccines," he said, noting the joint procurement of vaccines at the European Union level meant all 27 member states"were able to buy equivalent quantities of vaccines."
The Eurobarometer poll showed that respondents in both countries were among the least likely to express enthusiasm for getting vaccinated. In Austria, a European state that has long been a bridge between east and west, the government ordered a nationwide lockdown for unvaccinated people on Sunday in a bid to slow the fast spread of coronavirus in the country.
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