Europe exceeded two million deaths from coronavirus

More than two million people died of covid-19 in Europe, which for a long time was the epicenter of the pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Thursday.

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“A devastating stage has been crossed since the number of deaths due to covid-19 declared by the countries of the Europe region of the WHO exceeded two million people,” a spokesman for the UN health agency told AFP.

In total, 2,002,058 people died of covid of the 218,225,294 cases registered by the organization in the WHO Europe zone, which covers Central Asia.

USAthe most mourning country in the world due to the pandemic, exceeded the barrier of one million dead, the White House announced this Thursday.

After an uptick in the first two weeks of March, the coronavirus pandemic coronavirus it has since receded in Europe.

The number of cases and deaths fell by 26% and 24% respectively in the last seven days.

More than two years after the first restrictions, most European countries intend to turn the page on covid-19 and few restrictions remain.

In France, for example, as of Monday it will no longer be mandatory to wear a mask to travel.

Source: Elcomercio

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