COVID-19 Triples Across Europe and Hospitalizations Double, WHO Says

The World Health Organization said that coronavirus cases have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks. Hospitalization rates have also doubled, although intensive care admissions have remained low

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have tripled across Europe in the past six weeks, accounting for nearly half of all infections globally. Hospitalization rates have also doubled, although intensive care admissions have remained low. In a statement on Tuesday, WHO’s Europe director, Dr. Hans Kluge, described COVID-19 as “a nasty and potentially deadly illness” that people should not underestimate.

Earlier this week, editors of two British medical journals said the country’s National Health Service has never before had so many parts of the system so close to collapsing.

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