德尔塔毒株肆虐欧洲，英国却仍坚持“解封”
世卫组织总干事谭德塞7月12日发出警告称，已扩散至100多个国家和地区的德尔塔变种病毒正在全球快速传播，全球新冠疫情再度面临严峻态势。
眼下，欧洲正是德尔塔毒株的热点地区之一。
据世卫组织数据，过去两周内，英国新增新冠病例超38万例，西班牙新增病例超11万例。此外，塞浦路斯、葡萄牙、法国、荷兰等国的新冠肺炎感染率也出现了激增的情况。
欧洲疾控中心官网发布的一份评估报告称，根据模型预测，到8月初，欧盟、欧洲经济区70%的新增病例将由德尔塔毒株导致；8月底，这一比例将进一步上升至90%。
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Monday that the Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading across the world at a "scorching pace."
Europe is one of the hotspots of the Delta variant. In the past two weeks, many countries in Europe have witnessed a surge in new infections and incidence rates.
According to a threat assessment published on the website of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 90% of new infections in the EU/EEA are projected to be due to the Delta variant by the end of August.
#欧洲多国收紧防疫措施，
英国仍坚持“解封”#
面对疫情的反弹，欧洲多国采取措施应对。
7月12日，法国总统马克龙表示，德尔塔毒株传染性强，法国疫情因此出现反弹。他宣布，法国将采取强制接种等多项措施推动新冠疫苗接种。
迫于疫情迅速反弹的压力，荷兰政府已于上周宣布，将收紧部分防疫措施。7月12日，荷兰首相承认决策失误，表示不应过快放宽疫情防控措施。
此外，塞浦路斯也出台了针对接待场所和其他人群聚集的地方的严格管控措施，以应对新冠疫情反弹和变异毒株传播。
然而，英国政府却于7月12日正式确认，英格兰地区将按计划于7月19日开始实施最后阶段“解封”。
此前，曾有超4000名科学家、医生、护士和其他专家联合签署了一封公开信，谴责英国政府的解封计划。他们指出，解封计划将把民众健康置于危险的境地，是“不成熟”的决定。
公开信呼吁英国政府放弃“解封”计划，直至包括青少年在内的所有人完成新冠疫苗接种。该公开信已于上周在《柳叶刀》杂志上发表。
Confronted with a surge in new infections, many countries in Europe have taken corresponding measures. France is considering making COVID-19 vaccinations compulsory. Cyprus and the Netherlands have announced to reintroduce restriction measures against the pandemic.
By contrast, the U.K. Health Minister on Monday confirmed that the final easing of lockdown restrictions in England will go ahead on July 19. Before this confirmation, more than 4,000 scientists, doctors, nurses and other professionals signed a letter condemning the British government's plan of lifting lockdown measures, calling it "dangerous and premature."
#德尔塔毒株使欧洲经济复苏笼罩阴霾#
据《金融时报》7月12日报道，前几个月欧洲大部分地区的解封措施使得该地区商业活动激增，为此，不少经济学家上调了对欧洲经济增长的预期。
然而眼下德尔塔毒株肆虐欧洲，部分欧洲国家的新冠感染率创数月新高。这使得人们对欧洲的经济复苏产生了新的疑虑。经济学家开始担忧，欧洲经济复苏的良好势头可能被新一轮的疫情管控措施削弱。
The spread of the Delta variant casts a shadow over Europe's economic rebound, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The article said that the lifting of most lockdown measures across Europe in recent months has brought a surge in business activities, thus prompting economists to upgrade their forecasts for the growth in the region. However, the rapid spread of the Delta variant is now making economists feel concerned that Europe's economic outlook might be undermined by high infection levels and a new round of restriction measures.