COPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization is urging its members in Europe to take measures to combat coronavirus against the new strain circulating in Britain, its European branch said Sunday.
Outside Britain, nine cases of the new snoring have been reported in Denmark, as well as one case in the Netherlands and another case in Australia, according to the WHO.
“Across Europe, where transmission is intense and widespread, countries need to redouble their control and prevention,” a spokesman for WHO Europe told AFP.
The DA group urged its members worldwide to “increase the uptake of SARS-CoV-2 viruses where possible and share serial data internationally, in particular, to report whether the -one concern about finding it, ”she said.
Several European countries on Sunday decided to suspend all flights from Britain after discovering the new strain that London said was “out of control.”
The WHO noted “initial indications that the variable may more easily spread between humans” and “initial information that the variable may affect (performance) some diagnostic assessments (tests). ”
They said they had “no evidence of any change in disease depth, but this is also under investigation. ”
For its part the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said “continued circulation of this variant outside the UK cannot be ruled out.”
He advised that “people with an epidemiological link to issues with the new distinction or travel history to affected areas should be identified immediately to identify, locate and track their identities in order to stop the spread of the new variant. ”
The scientific name of the new strain is VUI 202012/01, with VUI standing for Variant Under Investigation.
Last week, Europe became the first region in the world to kill 500,000 Covid-19 deaths since the outbreak began a year ago, killing more than 1.6 million worldwide. world and activate the global economy.
Countries are once again closing their economies with restrictions in an effort to eradicate the virus.