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Showing Original Post only (View all)Europe's third wave: Even the country with the highest vaccination rate cannot hold back the tide [View all]
The TelegraphMatthew Day
Sat, March 13, 2021, 11:12 AM
(COVID-wise, Europe is historically about 2 weeks ahead of the US of A.. Watch out !! My comment)
Its an unwelcome paradox for Hungary. Medics have dispensed over a million vaccinations, and the country now only trails Malta in the EU when it comes to vaccinations per capita, but all this has failed to prevent Hungary suffering from a crippling third Covid-19 wave, with Hungarians testing positive in record numbers.
Hungarys health authorities reported on Friday a new daily high of 9,011 positive tests, while another 130 deaths brought the countrys Covid-19 toll to 16,627. On the same day the number of Covid patients in hospital rose by 389 to reach 8,718.
The country now has the third highest Covid-19 fatality rate in the world, and is fourth place globally in deaths per capita, according to information from the John Hopkins University.
All this despite Hungary using Russias Sputnik V and the Chinese Sinopharm vaccines to help drive the vaccination rate up to 13.2 doses per 100 people, far better than the EU average of 9.1.
Tamas Sved, secretary of the Hungarian Medical Chamber, has said that the countrys health system is almost at capacity, not through a lack of bed and ventilators but through a lack of the specialist staff needed to keep the seriously ill alive.
Hungarys media is now reporting that hospital doctors are having to decide who lives, and who dies.
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Europe's third wave: Even the country with the highest vaccination rate cannot hold back the tide [View all]
HUAJIAO
Mar 2021
OP
Do you not understand that only 11 % people in Hungary received at least one dose so far?
LisaL
Mar 2021
#27
Hungary has not yet reached the peak of new cases per capita that the UK did in early January
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2021
#33
My state's (Michigan) 7-day average has almost DOUBLED in the last 3 weeks
Cal Carpenter
Mar 2021
#13
New Jersey's new cases 7-day moving average has gone from 2887 on 2/24 to 3497 yesterday
Klaralven
Mar 2021
#35
Actually Texas is doing much better as vaccination coverage amount seniors is pretty good.
flying_wahini
Mar 2021
#26