Covid is spreading in Africa at a record pace with the Delta variant becoming increasingly popular: infections have been rising for six consecutive weeks, growing by a quarter every 7 days to reach 202,000 last week and the deaths they have suffered. a 15% jump in 38 African countries. To raise the alarm on a continent like Africa where only 1.2% of the population has completed the vaccination cycle, is the World Health Organization. "The speed and scope of the third African wave are unprecedented," said Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa.
According to WHO data, the highly contagious Delta variant has been reported in 16 African countries and accounts for 97% of cases in Uganda and 79% of those in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Compared to the peak of the first wave a year ago, the oxygen demand in Africa is now 50% higher. "The rampant spread of more contagious COVID-19 variants takes the threat to Africa to a whole new level," Moeti warned. "More transmission of the virus - he said - means more serious diseases and more deaths, so everyone must act now and increase prevention measures to prevent an emergency from becoming a tragedy". The head of the fight against the pandemic of the Democratic Republic of Congo spoke of a "catastrophe"if the Delta variant continues to spread rapidly in the country. "Our hospitals are overwhelmed, morgues are overflowing, many politicians and university professors have been infected with the virus and many have died," said Jean-Jacques Muyembe, head of the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB). African countries suffer from a severe shortage of Covid vaccines and only 15 million Africans, or 1.2% of the population, have been fully vaccinated.African countries suffer from a severe shortage of Covid vaccines and only 15 million Africans, or 1.2% of the population, have been fully vaccinated.African countries suffer from a severe shortage of Covid vaccines and only 15 million Africans, or 1.2% of the population, have been fully vaccinated.
The World Health Organization has declared cases of Covid-19 in Europe have started to increase again after two months of decline and that there is the risk of a new wave "unless we remain disciplined"
. "In the past week, the number of cases increased by 10% due to increased travel, crowds and loosening of restrictions," WHO regional director for Europe Hans Kluge said at a news conference.
The World Health Organization
calls for "better monitoring" of spectators at the European football championships
, in light of the trend of Covid infections, inviting the cities that will host the latest European football matches to carry out more accurate checks during the movement of spectators , even before their arrival and after their departure from the stadium. "We have to look beyond the stadiums," Catherine Smallwood, a European WHO official, said at a press conference.
