Hans Kluge

On the verge of a third wave of mutant strains of Covid-19 and problems with the supply of agreed vaccines, the European Union reports a serious problem with the vaccination of the population and already mulls purchasing other vaccines - the Russian Sputnik V and the Chinese Sinopharm.

World Health Organization European Director Hans Kluge said on Thursday that COVID-19 transmission rates in the region remained too high, straining health services under great pressure and that it is therefore "too early to ease" the restrictions.

Receiving the vaccine for Covid-19 will be "a game changer" for each country that will allow people to gradually return to their normal lives, the WHO's Regional Director, Hans Kluge, told public broadcaster ERT on Wednesday, in a message meant to boost public trust in the new jab.

European countries must prepare for a deadly second wave of coronavirus infections as the pandemic is not over, said a top World Health Organization official in Europe. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Telegraph, Dr.

The World Health Organization (WHO)'s European office said yesterday that despite some "optimistic signs" in some of the countries worst hit by the new coronavirus, the number of cases was rising and approaching 1 million in the continent alone.

Globally, the number of people infected with COVID-19 is approaching 1,500,000. More than 83,000 have died and 308,000 have recovered, according to data from the Johns Hopkins Institute.

The World Health Organization's European office said that despite seeing "positive signs" in some countries, it is too early to ease measures aimed at curbing the spread of the new coronavirus, writes BGNES.

"Now is not the time to relax measures,"

The World Health Organization's regional director described the outbreak of coronavirus in Europe as "very concerning" on Wednesday and urged governments to give "very careful consideration" before relaxing measures to control its spread.

President Klaus Iohannis attended on Tuesday, April 7, World Health Day, a signing ceremony of a biennial collaborative agreement (BCA) between the World Health Organisation (WHO) - Regional Office for Europe and Romania's Ministry of Health, discussing how Romania's authorities have managed the local effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The event took place as a video conference.