The Associated Press (AP) revealed that the spread of the new strains of the Coronavirus has recently accelerated in many European countries, amid warnings and calls for caution and caution, to stop its spread.
According to the agency, in Italy, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has invaded a nursery and an elementary school nearby, in the suburb of Polatti, Milan, at an amazing speed.
Within a few days, 45 children and 14 employees tested positive.
Genetic analysis confirmed what officials had already suspected, that the new strain of the highly contagious virus, which was first identified in Britain, was spreading at a high speed.
Polati was the first region in Lombardy, the Northern Territory that was the epicenter of the virus in the past, which was isolated from the rest of the regions due to the mutated strains, which the World Health Organization (WHO) says the reason for the increase in the number of infections in Europe.
The fast-spreading strains also include the two that were first identified in South Africa and Brazil.
The WHO said on Thursday that Europe recorded one million new cases of corona last week, an increase of 9 percent from the previous week.
Dr. Hans Kluge, Director of the WHO Regional Office in Europe, said, "The spread of new strains is the reason behind the increase in infection cases, but it is not the only reason."
He indicated that one of the other reasons is due to easing isolation measures "in an unsafe or uncensored.
The so-called British strain is widespread in 27 European countries monitored by the World Health Organization, and it prevails in at least 10 countries, according to organization statistics, which are Britain, Denmark, Italy, Ireland, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Israel, Spain, and Portugal.
The WHO experts have warned that the mutated virus is transmissible up to 50% faster than the virus that spread last spring and again in the fall, making it more adept at thwarting measures that were previously effective.
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