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Europe and Central Asia could see 500k COVID deaths by February 1, says WHO Europe chief
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Europe and Central Asia are once again at the "epicentre" of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a possible 500,000 additional deaths before February 1, the World Health Organization's European regional director said at a press conference.
The warning came as cases rise across the region due to low vaccination rates and few preventive measures, Dr Hans Kluge said.
The European region has had a 55% increase in new COVID-19 cases over the last four weeks.
Dr Kluge said that vaccination was not high enough in the region and that the winter season, including people gathering in confined closed places, along with low mask use and the Delta variant, have contributed to the surge.
The WHO experts said that across the region there was a "huge variation in
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