Germany, Europe’s largest economy, is facing a prolonged and painful downturn, as the latest reports show no signs of a swift and robust recovery.

A sense of hope, not without fear and anticipation, dominates the global economic scene after China opened its borders and abandoned the zero-Covid policy.

Recent Arab and Western studies revealed a decline in the population growth of the Arab Gulf countries, which raised questions about the reasons behind this drop.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said a number of countries had been experiencing unusually early increases in RSV detections.