WHO sees sharp rise in COVID-19 in Europe

In most European countries, morbidity and mortality from coronavirus has increased significantly recently.

During the past week, more than 700,000 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Europe. This is a new record of fighting disease since the beginning of the pandemic. The Associated Press reports this on Tuesday, October 13, citing data from the WHO.

Weekly coronavirus cases and their deaths in Europe are seen to have increased by 34% and 16%, respectively. The UK, France, Russia and Spain accounted for more than half of the new COVID-19 cases in the region.

Meanwhile, in Spain, according to the WHO, the number of new cases has shown a “marked decline” compared to recent weeks. Furthermore, in Poland, cases and deaths caused by the virus increased by 93% and 104%, respectively.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said this week that he understands the frustration people are feeling as the pandemic progresses, but cautioned that “there are no shortcuts.”

Recall that the WHO also believes that there is no second wave of the pandemic, there are countries where there is an increase, but there are also countries where the incidence is decreasing.

As reported, there are already more than 38 million people infected with COVID-19 in the world. In three days their number has grown by one million.

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