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WHO warns of worsening coronavirus outbreak in Europe Fearing half a million more deaths in 4 months

news site france24 reported that Mr. Hans Kluge, Director of the World Health Organization for Europe issued a warning on Thursday, November 4, 2021 that Europe has become the epicenter of the virus outbreak.Covid-19 Again, the timing of the current outbreak is very worrying. And may cause more than 5 hundred thousand deaths by February.

Mr Kluger blamed the rise ofInfected personIn Europe, this is partly due to the insufficient number of people vaccinated. including the relaxation of public health and social control measures of various governments As a result, the rate of infection in countries with low vaccination rates has increased. Europe’s average one-week infection is 250,000 a day and 3,600 deaths a day.

The country with the most deaths in the past week was Russia, with 8,162 more fatalities, followed by Ukraine at 3,819 and Romania at 3,100. Slovakia reports new cases of COVID-19 per day breaking statistics Latvia has to declare a state of emergency for three months.

However, countries with high vaccination rates has a lower rate of infection than the nationalEuropeOthers, such as Italy, saw a 16.6 percent increase in new cases over the past week. Compared to the Netherlands, where the number of infections has jumped 31%, Spain is one of the few countries where infection rates haven’t increased. There are still around 2,000 infected people per day.

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