Countries must prepare for increase in Covid-19 infections and hospitalizations

2022-10-25

In the last week, more than 1.4 million positive cases were reported in Europe. The head of the WHO/Europe High Pathogenic Threat Team warns of the possibility of “other, more transmissible variants”.

Europe recorded 1.4 million infections and 3,250 deaths in the last week, a new increase in covid-19 that forces countries to prepare for an increase in cases and hospitalizations, the World Health Organization warned this Tuesday.

“We cannot afford to be complacent at the moment”, told the Lusa agency Richard Pebody, head of the WHO/Europe High Pathogenic Threat Team based in Copenhagen, stressing that the continent has registered an increase in contagions by the virus. coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 since early October.

With the arrival of autumn and the approach of winter, “we are concerned about a possible increase in the numbers of covid-19 and the corresponding disease”, acknowledged the epidemiologist.