Many European countries have tightened control measures to prevent the spread of the Olmikeron strain

Beijing, 15 Dec (Xinhua) -- According to a comprehensive Xinhua news agency correspondent in Europe, the rapid spread of the new crown variant virus Omilton strain in Europe has aroused widespread vigilance, and many countries have further tightened control measures to strictly prevent the spread of new strains.

Data from the Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and Environment on the 14th showed that the country has confirmed 105 cases of Infection with the Aomi Kerong strain. The Dutch government announced on the same day that it will extend the current COVID-19 prevention and control measures until January 14, 2022, and announced that it will speed up the intensification of vaccination of the new crown vaccine to cope with the rapid spread of the Omiljung strain. In addition, primary schools in the Netherlands will be closed early before Christmas, no later than December 21.

The epidemic prevention and control measures currently implemented in the Netherlands include: maintaining social distancing of 1.5 meters; wearing masks when entering all indoor public places; stopping the operation of necessities stores such as supermarkets and pharmacies between 20:00 and 5:00 the next day; clothing stores, restaurants, bars, theaters and indoor and outdoor sports venues must be closed between 17:00 and 5:00 the next day.

Dutch Health Minister Hugo de Jonghe said that in response to the rapid spread of the Omiljung strain, the Netherlands will speed up the vaccination of the new crown vaccine, providing all Dutch adults with a booster vaccine by the end of January next year, while shortening the conditions for intensive vaccination from 6 months to 3 months after the completion of the full vaccination of the new crown vaccine.

The Hungarian parliament approved the extension of the national emergency to the new crown epidemic until June 1, 2022. A day earlier, Hungary had reported two cases of infection with the Omiljun strain for the first time. The infected people are a couple with no recent history of overseas travel.

According to the data released by the Hungarian government on the 14th, the country added 3575 new confirmed cases of new crown on the same day, with a cumulative total of 1202514 confirmed cases and 37,079 cumulative deaths.

The British Ministry of Health and Social Health issued a notice on the 12th that the warning level of the new crown epidemic in the United Kingdom was raised from level 3 to level 4 to cope with the rapid spread of the Omiljung strain. The COVID-19 alert system set up in the UK is divided into five levels, and the higher the level, the stricter the government needs to take measures to prevent the epidemic. Level 4 means that "the virus is highly contagious and the immediate pressure of the outbreak on health care services is widespread and significant or on the rise".

The Slovenian Institute of Microbiology and Immunology announced on the 14th that it confirmed that the country had found the first case of Infection of the Omiljung strain. According to reports, the institute detected 4 cases of Infection of the Omiljun strain from the case samples sent for testing from November 29 to December 6, all from the capital Ljubljana.

As of 13 July, more than 1.17 million people in Slovenia had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, accounting for about 55.6% of the total population, ranking the lowest among EU countries. The country began to voluntarily vaccinate children aged 5 to 11 years against COVID-19 on the 14th.

In order to control the new round of COVID-19, Slovenia upgraded its control measures last month, requiring people over the age of 12 to enter most public places at the same time: wearing a mask, fully vaccinating against COVID-19, or testing negative for COVID-19 in recent days, or those recovering from COVID-19 infection, and presenting personal identification cards.

Edited by Yanting Chen