Europe is facing a potentially devastating winter that could see half a million people die with Covid-19, the World Health Organization warned.
Much of Europe is battling spikes in infections, with Germany on Thursday reporting its highest number of daily new cases since the pandemic began.And in a dire new warning, WHO regional director Hans Kluge said the pace of transmission across the region was of"grave concern.""We are, once again, at the epicenter," Kluge said in a statement.
He blamed two factors for the new wave; the relaxation of Covid-19 measures, and a lack of vaccination coverage in the Balkans and towards the east of the continent."Hospitalization rates in countries with low vaccine uptake are markedly higher and rising more quickly than in those with higher uptake," he said.Germany's health minister Jens Spahn on Wednesday warned that stricter measures are needed for those who refuse to get vaccinated.
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