“According to new data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the number of cases of COVID-19 in the European Region since the start of the pandemic has exceeded 60 million,” the report said.

Emergency Bureau Director Dorit Nitzan added that more than 1.2 million people have died from the infection in Europe.

Earlier, the special envoys of the WHO Director General in five regions of the world declared the need for a comprehensive approach in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.