The period of pandemic measures in the world is ending

While cases carrying the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have increased rapidly in many countries, South Korea and Australia have decided to stretch some of the measures they have taken against the pandemic.

In Germany, Europe's leading economy, it is planned to relax the measures as of next week.

While the data on the pandemic was at record levels, politicians were in favor of removing the measures.

Scientists speaking to the news channels, on the other hand, think that these decisions are not wise. World Health Organization Lead Investigator Soumya Swaminathan said it was 'stupid' to abolish all measures. Swaminathan stated that the attacks on science and scientists are disappointing, but that the course of the pandemic is getting stronger and has the potential to cause more damage.

South Korea is among those who have decided to relax the measures

Although the increase in the number of Covid-19 cases in South Korea continues, the number of patients receiving home treatment has increased in the country due to the predominant variant of Omicron with mild symptoms and high vaccination rates.

As this situation forced health and state officials to work intensively, the authorities decided to stretch some of the measures taken against the pandemic.

Accordingly, the tracking of Covid-19 patients with the help of the GPS system was terminated. It has been decided that the employees responsible for the follow-up of the patients from the GPS system will now deal with the Covid-19 patients who are treated at home.

The obligation for Covid-19 patients to inform local health workers when they go to the doctor has also been removed, and the family members of the patients are now allowed to go out to meet their medicine, food, and other needs.

In South Korea, the number of daily cases has increased nine times in the last 20 days.

Australia is also lifting measures with the decrease in hospitalizations

Australian authorities have decided to relax some Covid-19 measures due to the low rate of hospitalization for people vaccinated against Covid-19 and infected with the Omicron variant.

The Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, announced that his country's borders will be open to foreign tourists and businesspeople who have received the Covid-19 vaccine from February 21.

Morrison stated that those who want to come to Australia should document that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19.

Referring to the Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, who came to Australia to participate in the Australian Open Tennis Tournament held in Melbourne in January with a medical exemption decision, but was deported after his visa was canceled because his exemption was not accepted, Morrison said that the events of the first period of the year, had sent a clear message to certify that they have to be vaccinated to enter.

Strict border controls played an important role in Australia's containment of the spread of the pandemic.

In Czechia, most of the measures are being lifted

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced that, as of March 1, most of the Covid-19 measures will be lifted.

In a statement to the press after the Council of Ministers meeting, Fiala said that most of the measures will be lifted as of March 1, except for the mask requirement.

Within the scope of the government's decision, it was noted that the limit on the number of participants in large events will be lifted.

Starting from Thursday, the condition of being vaccinated or having the disease will not be required for entrances to closed areas where cultural events are held, especially restaurants and cafes.

Poland has decided to limit the quarantine period

With the decrease in the number of cases in the Covid-19 pandemic in Poland, it was announced that the restrictions and quarantine rules were relaxed.

The Polish government reported that after the decrease in cases observed since February 1, it was decided to reopen schools and shorten the quarantine period for infected people.

Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski stated that other restrictions may be lifted next month and said, "We are at the beginning of the last phase of the pandemic. This is the first step to returning to normal."

Niedzielski reported that the number of people hospitalized due to Covid-19 has decreased in Poland recently, and in the 5th wave, the cases survived the disease more mildly.

With the relaxation of restrictions, the quarantine period of Covid-19 patients in Poland will be reduced from 10 days to 7 days, while their contacts will be exempt from quarantine.

The quarantine period after entering Poland was also reduced from 14 days to 7 days.