COPENHAGEN, Nov 4 (Reuters) - European countries have to work tougher to steer clear of the coronavirus spreading extra as deaths and new cases surge, the area health organization's Europe head said on Thursday.
latest transmission prices in fifty three European nations are of
"grave concern" and new instances are nearing listing tiers, exacerbated through the greater transmissible D elta variant of the virus, the WHO's Hans Kluge informed a media briefing.
"We must change our strategies, from reacting to surges of COVID-19, to fighting them from occurring within the first vicinity,"
scientific specialists transport a patient outside a clinic for americans contaminated with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyevahe mentioned.
The location noticed a 6% enhance in new instances last week of practically 1.eight million new instances, in comparison to the week earlier than. The number of deaths rose 12% within the equal length.
If the region follows its present trajectory, Kluge mentioned, an additional 500,000 COVID-19 connected deaths might occur in the location by February subsequent yr.
"nowadays every single nation in Europe and valuable Asia is dealing with a real danger of COVID-19 resurgence or already combating it."
Reporting by way of Nikolaj Skydsgaard; modifying by means of Alison Williams and Angus MacSwan
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