The WHO has named the region where the outbreak of COVID-19 is expected

Experts hope that vaccination programs and accumulated immunity will prevent the serious consequences of a new wave of disease.

In the next two months, Europe will experience an increase in the incidence of coronavirus infection. This was announced on Thursday, June 30, by the Director of the WHO European Bureau, Hans Kluge, reports France24.

“In countries across the European region that are removing past social restrictions, virus transmission levels will be high this summer. The virus will not go away just because countries stop looking for it. It is spreading still, still changing, still killing people’s lives, ”he said.

According to the WHO, a sub-variant of Omicron known as BA.5 is distributed in Europe. It is characterized by a higher contagious, but a less severe course of the disease.

As of the end of June, the 53 countries that make up the WHO European region were registering approximately 500,000 new infections every day, compared to approximately 150,000 in May.

The most active disease spreads to Austria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg and Portugal.

“The mortality among patients is lower than six months ago,” experts said.

Kluge expressed the hope that vaccination programs and accumulated natural immunity would avoid the same serious consequences that WHO faced in previous waves of pandemics.

Recall that on June 26, 689,000 Ukrainians did not receive a second dose of vaccine for COVID-19 coronavirus, and more than 14 million people did not receive booster vaccinations.

Earlier, the Ministry of Health announced that the outbreak of COVID-19 is not expected in Ukraine in the near future. The reasons why there is no increase in the incidence of this infection are also named.

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