“We are far from getting out of the forest in terms of ending the pandemic, and, unfortunately, in many countries of our region we are seeing a significant increase in the number of cases associated with the spread of a highly transmitted variant of 'delta',” RIA Novosti quoted the words Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe.
ECDC and WHO strongly recommend rapid roll-out of vaccinations.
Earlier, WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned of the threat of a more dangerous strain of coronavirus that could make existing vaccines ineffective.