Europe's COVID-19 infections have been steadily increasing every week in the last two months despite the epicentre of the pandemic shifting to the Americas.
The head of the World Health Organisation's Europe office says the continent's coronavirus cases have been steadily increasing every week in the last two months even as the epicentre of the pandemic has shifted to the Americas.
He called for students to return to classes where possible and said WHO Europe would be convening a virtual meeting of its 53 member countries on 31 August to discuss how schools across the region might be reopened safely. The United Kingdom recorded 1182 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the second-highest daily total since June 21, according to government figures.Elsewhere, India counted another record number of new coronavirus infections on Thursday as it ramped up testing to more than 900,000 a day.
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