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Covid cases are on the rise in Spain: could there be a new wave?

by Issac Davis

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The latest weekly reports from the Acute Respiratory Infections Surveillance System indicate an increase in incidence.morbidity

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On May 5, 2023, the World Health Organization ( WHO ) declared the end of the international health emergency due to Covid-19 . However, that summer we again experienced an increase in the incidence of the disease in Spain , although it began to be detected later than this year, at the beginning of August, when there were 99.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Where are we now? The latest weekly reports from the Acute Respiratory Infections Surveillance System ( Sivira ) estimate an increase in the incidence of Covid-19: 107.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (previous week: 85.4 cases per 100,000 inhabitants; previous week: 57.7 cases), according to data from June 3 to June 9. Are these numbers a cause for concern? Are they announcing the next wave? The experts interviewed (doctors, pharmacists and microbiologists) sound the alarm in due course .

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