More than 2.5 million cases have been reported in Europe, said on Thursday the director for Europe of the world Health Organization (WHO), Hans Kluge. The proportion of european cases in the world is falling relative to the beginning of the year, but the region continued to report nearly 20,000 new cases and over 700 deaths per day.

The number of cases of Covid-19 has increased in Europe last week, for the first time in months, worries about the european branch of the WHO. "I've mentioned for weeks, the risk of resurgence as the country adapted their measures," said the director of WHO Europe, during a press conference streamed online.