The World Health Organization announced on Thursday that by February, Europe may face more than 500,000 COVID-19 deaths.
Hans Kruger, WHO’s European Director, told reporters that the current rate of transmission is a “serious concern” and added that if “we keep this track”, the beds in 43 of the 53 European countries will also May be subjected to high pressure or extreme pressure.
Kruger’s headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark said: “Today, every country in our region is facing the real threat of the resurgence of COVID-19, or is already fighting it.” “We are at the epicenter again.”
Kruger mentioned two reasons for the resurgence of COVID-19-“insufficient vaccination coverage” and “relaxation of public health and social measures.”
The number of COVID-19 vaccinations rated in Europe is very high. The WHO pointed out that although 47% of people in the region have completed a complete vaccination series, only eight countries have a complete vaccination rate of more than 70%, and two countries have a vaccination rate of less than 10%.
“Compared with countries with higher vaccination rates, countries with low vaccination rates have significantly higher hospitalization rates and are rising faster,” he said.
There are 78 million cases in Europe, and the cumulative death toll now exceeds that of Southeast Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, the Western Pacific and Africa combined. Al Jazeera reported.
According to the WHO, cases in Europe have increased by 6% in the past week, and cases in Russia and Germany have reached record levels of COVID cases. at the same time, Capital of ukraine Strict pandemic measures were resumed on Monday.
WHO and health experts continue to advocate for people to vaccinate, wear masks and maintain social distancing to save the thousands of lives that are expected to be lost this winter.
