Geneva, Oct. 13 (BNA): The World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said on Wednesday that another wave of COVID-19 infections may have begun in Europe as cases began to rise across the region.
“Although we are not where we were a year ago, it is clear that the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over,” WHO Director of Europe Hans Kluge and Director of the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention Andrea Ammon said in a joint statement. “. .
“Unfortunately, we are seeing rising indicators again in Europe, which indicates the start of another wave of infections,” he added.
Regional WHO data showed that only Europe recorded a rise in COVID-19 cases in the week ending October 2, registering an 8% increase over the previous week.
Public health experts have warned that vaccine stress and confusion over available vaccines is likely to limit booster uptake in the region, while millions of people across Europe remain not immune to COVID-19, the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention have indicated.
“There was no time to lose,” the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention said, adding that vulnerable groups, including people over 60, pregnant women and those with comorbidities, should be vaccinated against Both influenza and COVID-19.
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