Spike in European deaths since March linked to Covid-19, says WHO official
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Reuters | Posted by Harshita Singh May 28, 2020 04:32 PM IST
“This gives us a very good indication that a very significant proportion of this excess deaths is linked and due to Covid-19, ” a WHO emergency official said.
About 159,000 more people in 24 European countries have died since early March than would have ordinarily been expected, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday, adding a “significant proportion” of the spike is linked to Covid-19.
“What we have seen very clearly is that the peak in excess mortality corresponds in those countries to the peak of the transmission of Covid-19,” Katie Smallwood, a WHO emergency official, told reporters. “This gives us a very good indication that a very significant proportion of this excess deaths is linked and due to Covid-19.”
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