WHO PREDICTS 3RD WAVE IN EUROPE EARLY 2021

Sun 22 November 2020:

World Health Organization (WHO) special coronavirus envoy David Nabarro predicted a third wave of the pandemic to hit Europe in early 2021 if governments repeat what he said was a failure to do what was necessary to prevent the second wave, according to Reuters.

In an interview with Swiss newspapers, Nabarro said: “They (Governments) missed establishing the necessary infrastructure during the summer months, after controlling the first wave.”

Moreover, Nabarro added, “Now we have the second wave. If they don’t build the necessary infrastructure, we’ll have a third wave early next year.”

Europe accounts for 28% of global COVID-19 cases and 26% of deaths with signs of overwhelmed health systems, according to WHO. Britain has suffered more than any other country in Europe from the coronavirus, with more than 54,000 deaths from 1.4 million cases.

With barely a month to go until the Christmas holidays, many are starting to worry about the social and economic impacts that locking down through the feast might carry. German case counts maintained their high levels but did not break any records in the last 24 hours, according to data from the country’s center for disease control, the Robert Koch Institute, which counted 22,964 new infections in the last 24 hours.

The partial lockdown Germany has been under since early November is working, Health Minister Jens Spahn told Die Welt newspaper on Saturday but added more needs to be done, according to Deutsche Press-Agentur (dpa). “The exponential growth has been blocked. But we are all in agreement that that is not enough.” He added that, given the high percentage of elderly residents in Germany, it is important to stop the virus’ spread before it results in too many intensive care cases.

COVID-19 has infected more than 55 million people worldwide, causing nearly 1.3 million deaths. The U.S. leads the world in the number of coronavirus deaths, with more than 255,000 recorded fatalities, and became the first country to pass the grim milestone of a quarter-million deaths.

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