WHO Announced Europe Epicenter of Coronavirus Pandemic

Europe now accounts for more cases of infection than all other countries combined, with the exception of China. In Italy, another 250 people died of coronavirus in just one day. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Europe the epicenter of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. “Europe is now the epicenter of the pandemic, with more reported cases of infection and deaths than in all other countries combined, with the exception of China,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a video conference in Geneva on Friday, March 13. According to Ghebreyesus, at the moment more than 132 thousand cases of coronavirus infection in 123 countries are registered all over the world, the number of deaths exceeded five thousand. The head of WHO called on the world community to jointly fight the pandemic, allowing people and organizations to help finance the production of protective masks, gloves, gowns for health workers and diagnostic kits, as well as research in the field of vaccine development. In Italy within the last 24 hours another 250 people died Meanwhile, in Italy, the European country that suffered the most from the coronavirus, another 250 people died from the effects of infection in just a day. As a result, the total number of deaths in Italy reached 1266. In total, according to official figures, already 17.6 thousand people have been infected with coronavirus in the country. This is more than 2500 people more than the day before. In Germany, the number of infected SARS-CoV-2 has grown to 3062 people. Five deaths have been reported. Most infected are in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (936), in second place is Bavaria (558) and in third is Baden-Württemberg (454 cases).