The number of infections and deaths caused by nCoV is declining in Europe, prompting many countries to start a blockade, but to what extent is not uniform.

After weeks of tension like a string for Covid-19, London last week began to fade away the sound of an ambulance.

Similar sharp declines were recorded in other European capitals, from Paris to Rome, Berlin or Madrid.

The reason why the number of infections decreases varies from place to place.

The common point of these cities is that they are all in the decision of how to loosen community isolation measures.

In the UK, Scottish and northern British officials are protesting against Prime Minister Borish Johnson's plan to reopen schools and some shops in early June. The northwest region, including the city of Manchester,

"The easing package may be appropriate for the southeast because the number of infections is declining," Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester Metropolitan, recently wrote in a commentary published in the Guardian newspaper.

Nearly 6,000 people in London have died from the disease.

"People are starting to think, 'Why am I still quarantined when I'm living in a city where the chance of getting a virus is less than the chance of getting hit by a car in the street?'"

In Paris, where the number of cases is falling from more than 1,000 cases a day to only a few dozen, a similar rush of psychology is developing.

This enraged Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who declared that "We need to relax the interests of the people".

During the peak epidemic in Spain in late March, Madrid recorded an average of more than 300 deaths a day because of Covid-19.

In Germany, where the capital Berlin is not facing plague, the debate about the pace of reopening is less fierce.

The outbreak in Berlin is relatively small, with 6,552 cases, compared to 26,628 cases in London.

Although Berlin recorded an increase in the number of cases after opening, the number was still much smaller than the southern states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.

The pressure to reopen is coming from the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia, one of the places hardest hit by Covid-19 in Germany.

Italy, meanwhile, has been divided over how to recover from a blockade.

In Milan, the capital of Lombardy, the strategy of partial government blockade is receiving mixed reviews.

Rome has recorded more than 2,900 cases and 305 deaths.

"The virus is still spreading, we have not completely defeated it," commented Alessio D’Amato, Lazio regional health advisor.

Updated: 21:26, 23/5 | Source: WorldOMeters