A new wave of covid has already arrived in Slovakia. Omicron vaccines are expected in September
There are a few hundred more people in Slovakia with a positive coronavirus test every day. In recent days, their numbers have been growing faster. Despite the small number of tests performed daily, a new wave is emerging.
“We are still a slight delay in Western Europe, which is natural to the global movement of people, but the pattern in our country is already clearly recognizable in the available data,” says mathematician Richard Kollár.
Virologist Boris Klempa arrives that we do not currently have an overview of the infection in Slovakia. “It simply came to our notice then. The level of data from PCR and official target testing shown in the statistics is very low and many infections are likely to occur without diagnosis. Alternatively, only with a home test and no subsequent case registration. “
According to Kollár, hospitalizations have already increased in many European countries. We expect an increase in the number of covid patients in hospitals these days. Growth is already visible, there are currently 150 patients in hospitals. Even though the situation in the hospital is still well managed, I will end up with the consequences that we will not notice a significant onset of the infection and will register it only when the situation in the hospital worsens.
Unusually, the wave rises in the summer
The new wave comes unconventionally before the beginning of summer and not in autumn, like many of them