This figure is however “underestimated due to the drop in the number of countries which regularly report deaths from Covid-19”, qualified the European office of the World Health Organization.
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“Even though it is no longer a global public health emergency, Covid-19 has not gone away.” Infectious disease remains responsible “nearly 1,000 new deaths” every week in Europe, warned Tuesday June 27 Hans Kluge, the director of the European office of the World Health Organization (WHO). This figure, however, is “underestimated due to the decline in the number of countries that regularly report deaths from Covid-19 to the WHO”he nuanced.
The WHO declared on May 5 that the Covid-19 pandemic no longer constituted a global health emergency. Hans Kluge, however, urged the authorities to ensure vaccination coverage of at least 70% of the vulnerable population. According to the UN official, it is “a complex disease that we still know very little about” although one in 30 Europeans has suffered from a long Covid in the past three years.
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“We must continue to address the long-term sequelae of Covid, such as long Covid… These continue to have a profound impact on health worldwide and cannot be ignored. “, hammered the head of emergency situations, Catherine Smallwood.