Pandemic diary – June 2022

Sunday, 5 June 2022
Portugal has published a backward correction of its COVID-19 figures which show the country experienced another wave in May 2022. Who still claims the virus is seasonal?

Wednesday, 8 June 2022
The number of new cases bottoms out in Poland at (7-day average) 195 (much higher than 2021’s low of 77 when testing was not as scant as these days.

Friday, 10 June 2022
Poland reports the first case of monkeypox. Nearly a month after first reports of the disease spreading, it does not seem to have he potential to trigger a pandemic.

Thursday, 16 June 2022
I learn my friend and her family, as well as several people from her office had COVID-19 during last month. Needless to say none of them was officially tested.

Saturday, 18 June 2022
The second, artificial bottom of the 7-day average of new infections in Poland is reached because of scant long-weekend testing – 169 new cases.

Tuesday, 21 June 2022
Poland begins to follow the path of Western Europe, where cases are markedly rising.

Wednesday, 22 June 2022
Hospitalisations in Poland, reported weekly, reach a bottom at 287, vs. low of 271 in early august 2021.

Tuesday, 28 June 2022
In several European countries the number of new infections bottomed out sustainably, as measured by 7-day average number of new infections:
- the Netherlands: +424% since 28 May 2022,
- France: +343% since 27 May 2022,
- Austria, +311% since 30 May 2022,
- Germany: +261% since 28 May 2022,
- Italy: +242% since 3 June 2022,
- Greece: +231% since 3 June 2022.
Given that BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron are spreading across Europe, it give up on switching into quarterly timeline. Monthly reporting to stay in place.