'Grave concern' over Covid in Europe as German cases soarRelaxed protective measures like mask-wearing may have contributed to soaring cases in countries like Germany. FRANKFURT: The World Health Organization expressed "grave concern" Thursday over the rising pace of coronavirus infections in Europe, as Germany registered its biggest daily increase since the start of the pandemic. He warned that according to "one reliable projection" the current trajectory would mean "another half a million Covid-19 deaths" by February. The WHO's Europe region -- which spans 53 countries and territories and includes several nations in Central Asia -- has now recorded 78 million cases since Covid-19 first emerged in China in late 2019. - Five million deaths -The cumulative figure exceeds that of South East Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean region, the Western Pacific, and Africa combined, the organisation said.
