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WHO: Europe to Brace for Uptick in Covid-19 Deaths in Coming Months

September 17, 2020, 02.09 PM

COPENHAGEN, KOMPAS.com – The World Health Organization (WHO) expects the daily figures of Covid-19 deaths in Europe to increase in October and November.

The information was shared with AFP on Monday by the head of the organization’s European branch.

"It's going to get tougher. In October, November, we are going to see more mortality," WHO Europe Director Hans Kluge said.

More recently across the continent, there has been a significant uptick in the number of coronavirus cases although Covid-19 deaths in Europe have remained relatively stable.

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The resurgence is however expected to lead to an increase in daily Covid-19 deaths, the WHO said.

"It's a moment where countries don't want to hear this bad news, and I understand," Kluge told AFP in an interview, stressing that he wanted to send the "positive message" that the pandemic "is going to finish, at one moment or another".

The WHO Europe's 55 member-states are holding an online meeting on Monday and Tuesday to discuss their response to the new coronavirus and agree on their overall five-year strategy.

However Kluge, based in Copenhagen, raised a warning finger to those who believe that the development of a vaccine will bring an end to the pandemic.

"I hear the whole time: 'the vaccine is going to be the end of the pandemic'. Of course not!," the Belgian said.

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"We don't even know if the vaccine is going to help all population groups. We are getting some signs now that it will help for one group and not for the other," he said.

"And then if we have to order different vaccines, what a logistical nightmare!"

"The end of the pandemic is the moment that we as a community are going to learn how to live with this pandemic. And it depends on us and that's a very positive message," he said.

The number of cases in Europe has risen sharply in recent weeks, especially in Spain and France.

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On Friday alone, more than 51,000 new cases were reported in the 55 countries of the WHO Europe, which is more than the highest peak in April, according to the organization.

Meanwhile, the number of daily deaths has remained at around the same level since early June, with around 400-500 Covid-19 deaths per day, WHO data showed. 

(Writer & Editor: CBW-MAP/PO/WDB, Agence France-Presse)

Source: http://u.afp.com/3EFj 

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