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The World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control say another Covid-19 wave is on the horizon in Europe, as cases rise 8 percent in a week.
Another wave of Covid-19 infections
may have begun in Europe as cases begin to tick up across the
region, the World Health Organization and European Centre for
Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) have said.
“Although we are not where we were one year ago, it is clear
that the Covid-19 pandemic is still not over,” WHO’s Europe
director, Hans Kluge, and ECDC’s director, Andrea Ammon, said in
a joint statement on Wednesday.
“We are unfortunately seeing indicators rising again in
Europe, suggesting that another wave of infections has begun.”
WHO’s region-wise data showed that only Europe recorded a
rise in Covid-19 cases in the week ended October 2, clocking an
increase of 8 percent from the prior week.
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‘Vaccine fatigue’
Public health experts have warned that vaccine fatigue and
confusion over available vaccines will likely limit booster
uptake in the region.
Millions of people across Europe remain unvaccinated against
Covid-19, the WHO and ECDC noted.
They urged European countries to administer both flu and
Covid-19 vaccines ahead of an expected surge in cases of
seasonal influenza.
“There was no time to lose,” the WHO and ECDC said, adding that vulnerable groups, including people over 60 years old, pregnant women and those with co-morbidities, should get vaccinated against both influenza and Covid-19.
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Source: TRTWorld and agencies
Europe likely seeing another wave of Covid-19 infections: WHO, ECDC
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