WHO Says Europe At Tipping Point With Covid-19 Running Rampant

 

The Guardian: Europe at tipping point with Covid running rampant, says WHO 

Europe director Hans Kluge says rapid spread of new variant is cause for alarm Europe is at a tipping point in the course of the pandemic, the World Health Organization has said, warning that the coronavirus is spreading very fast across the continent and the arrival of a new variant has created an “alarming situation”. 

Hans Kluge, the WHO’s Europe director, said that while the arrival of vaccines offered “new tools” to fight the virus, almost half the 53 countries in the region were reporting a seven-day incidence rate of more than 150 new cases per 100,000 people, while a quarter had recorded a more than 10% surge in cases over the past week. 

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