GENEVA: The World Well being Organisation’s Europe director warned that the extremely transmissible COVID-19 variant first recognized in India is poised to take maintain within the area, as many international locations put together to ease restrictions and permit extra social gatherings and journey throughout borders.
Throughout a press briefing on Thursday, WHO’s Dr Hans Kluge stated the variant also called the delta variant, has proven indicators of having the ability to evade some vaccines and warned that many weak populations, significantly these over age 60, stay unprotected.
We’ve got been right here earlier than, warned Kluge, WHO’s European regional director.
Over the course of final summer season, instances steadily rose in youthful age teams after which moved into older age teams, contributing to a devastating resurgence, he stated.
Kluge stated spike in COVID-19 in the end led to extra lockdowns and deaths within the fall and winter of 2020.
Let’s not make that mistake once more.
Kluge did not say folks should not journey, however urged any travellers to take action correctly.
He additionally known as for vaccination and different public well being measures to be stepped up throughout the continent, saying even immunisation protection is much from adequate to guard the area.
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