The World Health Organization in Europe has said it was seeing an "explosion" of coronavirus cases in the region and warned of a "tough time" ahead as mortality rates rose. "We do see an explosion....
in the sense it only takes a couple of days to have over the European region an increase of one million cases," WHO's regional director for Europe Hans Kluge told AFP.
Mr Kluge, who was wearing a mask even as he was interviewed over a webcam meeting, also said the mortality rate could be seen rising "little by little". "It's going to be a little bit of a tough time, we need to be honest on that," he said.
In spite of the rapidly rising cases, Mr Kluge cautioned that closing schools should be seen as a last resort, especially in light of there