COPENHAGEN — The World Health Organization's European office on Tuesday warned of a"challenging" autumn and winter amid a summer surge of Covid-19 cases and reduced surveillance among member states.
"At this time last year, I spoke to you about a new wave of Covid-19 sweeping across the region, driven by the Delta variant amid the lifting of restrictions and increased social mixing," WHO regional director for Europe Hans Kluge said in a statement. The rapid increase in cases coupled with"reduced virus surveillance" prompted the organisation to"forecast a challenging autumn and winter in the European Region".
Dr Kluge said the number of new infections in the WHO's European area — 53 countries and regions including several in Central Asia — had tripled in the last six weeks.The organisation noted that while hospitalisation rates had doubled in the same period, admissions to intensive care units had"so far remained relatively low".
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