According to the organization’s regional director Hans Kluge, cases across Europe have doubled over the past 10 days. Nearly a half of all confirmed global infections – almost one million people – have been reported on the European continent.
While some EU states are lifting their strict Covid-19 lockdown measures, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Europe is still in the “eye of the storm,” with the continent’s death toll now at over 84,000.