Overview

• National surveillance shows increases across indicators, including test positivity above one in four and more than 2,000 recent emergency visits for suspected Covid.
• The ECDC reports XFG accounts for over 80% of infections in Europe, with mutations linked to higher transmissibility and partial immune escape.
• WHO assessments indicate no signal of greater intrinsic severity with XFG, even as consultations and emergency visits trend upward.
• The Health Ministry previously said it could advance the campaign to early October if high transmission was confirmed, but the date remains unchanged.
• Experts cite the back‑to‑school period, more indoor contact and waning immunity as drivers, while reduced testing and sequencing limit precise tracking.