The number of weekly coronavirus cases in Europe has exceeded those during the first peak in March, triggering a grave warning from top experts.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned of a "very serious" situation in Europe, where the weekly tally was more than 300,000 Covid-19 patients last week.
Amid second waves in countries such as Spain and France, Dr Hans Kluge, WHO's Europe chief, said more than half of European countries have reported a greater than 10% increase in cases in the past two weeks.
Of those, seven countries have seen the number of new cases double over the same period, he added. Strict lockdown measures resulted in a drop in infections - with an "all-time low" in June - but restrictions have been eased and cases