A senior WHO official has warned that Europe may face a "deadly second wave" of the new Corona epidemic (Covid-19) in the coming winter.
The European Regional Director of the World Health Organization in Europe, Hans Klug, said in an interview with the British newspaper "Telegraph," published on its website today, that European countries, which have started to ease restrictions of closure, must be prepared for a deadly second wave of the (Covid-19) outbreak in winter.
"Now is the time to prepare, not celebrate," added Klug, adding that the start of a daily decrease in coronary infection cases began in countries such as the United Kingdom, France and Italy does not mean that the end is over, pointing out that the epidemic center is now in the east of the continent, with increasing The number of infected cases in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
The UN official added that countries should use time wisely and start strengthening their health systems and building capacity in hospitals and primary and intensive care units.
Klug pointed out that "Singapore and Japan" understood early on that this is not a time for celebration but rather a time for preparation ", and that this is what Scandinavian countries do, as they do not rule out a second wave of the epidemic, but they hope to neutralize it early."
The newspaper said that many experts warn that the second wave of the epidemic could be more deadly than the first wave, as happened with the Spanish flu pandemic between 1918-1920.
And she adds that when the Spanish flu first appeared in March 1918, there were signs that it was a regular seasonal disease, but then it returned more virulently and deadly in the fall, eventually killing an estimated 50 million people.
Klug's comments came shortly after the WHO announced that Covid-19 might turn into a viral virus and that people might have to live with it forever. Experts and officials around the world expected a second wave of the epidemic.