Covid: WHO is concerned about the European spike, according to Covid

As Europe confronts a new wave of illnesses, the World Health Organization (WHO) is extremely concerned about the spread of COVID-19.

Unless immediate action is taken, 500,000 deaths could be documented by March.

Dr Kluge believes that implementing measures such as mask use could help right now. The warning comes as numerous countries report unprecedented levels of illness and impose full and partial lockdowns.

The spread was attributed to a number of circumstances, including the winter season, a lack of vaccine coverage, and the regional dominance of the more transmissible Delta form. To combat the rise, he advocated for increased vaccine uptake as well as the introduction of basic public health measures and novel medical therapies.

Mandatory vaccinations should be considered a last resort, according to Dr Kluge, but a “legal and societal debate” regarding the subject is “extremely timely.”

On Friday, Austria became the first European country to declare COVID-19 immunisation as a legal mandate. The new restrictions will go into effect in February.

In response to record case numbers and low vaccination coverage, the statement was made alongside a new countrywide lockdown.

As the number of instances rises, many other European countries are enacting new regulations.

As infection rates across the continent reach record levels, countries such as the Czech Republic and Slovakia have declared new restrictions on unvaccinated people.

Violent rioting erupted overnight in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, over new COVID-19 regulations. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered to express their displeasure with the government’s plans to impose additional restrictions, including a ban on pyrotechnics on New Year’s Eve.

Jens Spahn, Germany’s health minister, has termed the situation a “national emergency” and has refused to rule out a national lockdown.

On Friday, 44,242 new coronavirus cases were reported in the United Kingdom.

The government has stated that it has no plans for another lockdown, but it has stated that extra COVID measures, known as Plan B, could be implemented in England to protect the NHS, including mandatory Covid passports for some indoor venues, mandatory face coverings in certain indoor settings, and advice to work from home.