The number of detected coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic has been growing sharply in recent days. According to Konvalinka, the situation is even worse than it looks. “Because we don’t know how many of those cases really are,” he said.
“It is clear from the numbers that it can no longer be traced and that the share of the positive in the total number of examinations is already flying somewhere around thirty percent, which is the most in the world,” the biochemist remarked. According to Konvalinka, the Czechia is also one of the countries where it is tested the least. “Germany has about four percent infected out of the total number tested,” he added.
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According to Konvalinka, new restrictions were necessary
“There is too much virus, we have to step on the imaginary brake in order to reduce the penetration of the population,” Konvalinka commented on the new measures that he said are necessary.
In this context, Konvalinka mentioned the order of the most important restrictions created by some world experts.
“Surprisingly, one of the leading places is the closure of schools. Strict lockdown – a ban or very limited curfew – is already considered a less effective measure, “he said. He added that according to these models, the measures currently being implemented are among the most effective available.
The cunning of covid-19 is that, unlike the flu, it is spread by asymptomatic patients. “You don’t have a fever, you don’t cough, you don’t have a cold, and yet you spread the virus,” he explained. The course of the disease can also be serious and last a very long time and hospitalization can be long. “The percentage of serious consequences is higher than for the flu,” he added. According to him, the mortality rate is also significantly higher for coronavirus.
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