Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have seen a lack of cohesiveness across countries in terms of transparency and methods of reporting data regarding new cases. With the emergence of Omicron at the end of 2021, this issue has become even more prevalent, particularly in Europe.
As Europe demotes COVID-19 to an endemic illness, Tobias et. al discuss the challenges that the country’s lax nature of case reporting and lack of epidemiological surveillance of COVID-19 now pose. The authors argue that due to the increasing number of cases coupled with a high incidence of long COVID, it is crucial to continue diligent daily monitoring of current morbidity and mortality rates to further understand this disease’s trajectory.
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