Covid-19 in Europe

WHO Europe

Inserted 2 years ago

“We can expect that there will be high or extreme stress on hospital beds in 25 countries, and high or extreme stress in intensive care units (ICUs) in 49 out of 53 countries between now and 1 March 2022. Cumulative reported deaths are projected to reach over 2.2 million by spring next year, based on current trends.”

Apnews

Statement by WHO Europe

22 Nov 2021 5 1

Mike Ryan

Inserted 2 years ago

“Quite frankly, some countries are in such a difficult situation now that they're going to find it hard not to put in place restrictive measures at least for a short period of time to reduce the intensity of transmission. Other countries can re-engage with communities around masks, around avoiding crowded spaces, around limiting their contact with others, work from home and many other initiatives and very importantly increasing vaccine coverage in high-risk populations.”

Healthpolicy-watch

Head of WHO’s emergencies programme

12 Nov 2021 6 2

Hans Kluge

Inserted 2 years ago

“Last week, there was an 11 percent increase in the number of deaths in the region - one reliable projection is expecting 236,000 deaths in Europe, by December 1. In the past six weeks, it [vaccination uptake] has fallen by 14 percent, influenced by a lack of access to vaccines in some countries and a lack of vaccine acceptance in others. Vaccine scepticism and science denial is holding us back from stabilising this crisis. It serves no purpose, and is good for no one.”

Aljazeera

WHO’s regional director for Europe

30 Aug 2021 3 3

Janez Janša

Inserted 2 years ago

“Events over the last 15 months have shown that the European Union has been part of the solution and that together we have made two major breakthroughs; an agreement on how we will recover together after the epidemic and the production, development and the distribution of the [COVID-19] vaccine.”

Balkaninsight

Prime Minister of Slovenia

01 Jul 2021 6 3

Hans Kluge

Inserted 2 years ago

“This is taking place in the context of a rapidly evolving situation. A new variant of concern - the Delta variant - and in a region where, despite tremendous efforts by member states, millions remain unvaccinated. There will be a new wave in the WHO European region unless we remain disciplined. [Half of elderly people and 40% of healthcare workers still unprotected] That is unacceptable, and that is far from the recommended 80 percent coverage of the adult population. The three conditions for a new wave of excess hospitalisations and deaths before the autumn are therefore in place: New variants, deficit in vaccine uptake, increased social mixing.”

Aljazeera

WHO’s regional director for Europe

01 Jul 2021 6 2

Marc Van Ranst

Inserted 3 years ago

“I think Europe and many other countries around the world are, or at least the population perceives, that they are in an endless cycle of epidemics going up, and epidemics going down, and that cycle is accompanied by lockdowns and subsequent relaxations. That puts a lot of pressure on the population to keep the morale high, it is not easy … and I think that the only solution to stop that endless cycle is going to be the vaccination programme.”

Aljazeera

Belgian virologist and professor at the University of Leuven and the Rega Institute for Medical Research

20 Mar 2021 4 4

Ursula von der Leyen

Inserted 3 years ago

“There is growing COVID fatigue among our citizens … But we should not let up now. Not only does the situation remain serious in many parts of Europe, but we must also watch for the new variants that are spreading.”

Aljazeera

President of the European Commission

25 Feb 2021 5 3

David Nabarro

Inserted 3 years ago

“Once the infection rates sink, and they will sink, then we can be as free as we want. But right now? Should ski resorts open? Under what conditions?”

Politico

World Health Organization (WHO) special COVID-19 envoy

26 Nov 2020 2 3

Gernot Blümel

Inserted 3 years ago

“If the EU does mandate that the ski resorts stay closed, that means a cost of up to €2 billion [for Austria]. If the EU really wants that, it has to pay for it, too.”

Politico

Austria Finance Minister

26 Nov 2020 4 2

Angela Merkel

Inserted 3 years ago

“We will try to get a vote in Europe on whether we could close all ski resorts. Unfortunately, considering announcements from Austria, it doesn't look like we can do that so easily, but we will try again.”

Politico

Chancellor of Germany

26 Nov 2020 5 2

Ursula von der Leyen

Inserted 3 years ago

“I am happy to announce that tomorrow we will approve a new contract to secure another COVID-19 vaccine. The deal allows us to buy up to 160 million doses of a vaccine produced by Moderna.”

Reuters

President of the European Commission

24 Nov 2020 4 3

Anthony Fauci

Inserted 3 years ago

“Right now, the entire planet is in trouble. If you look at almost every country, there are very few exceptions. The European Union, if you look at the number of new infections, it's out of sight. The United States is out of sight. Canada, which was supposedly doing so well, is also getting into trouble. There's a lot of community spread. We've got to be able to test widely in the community for asymptomatic spreaders of the infection. If you just test people who are symptomatic, you're going to miss a very large contingent of the spread of infection in the community.”

Cbc

Head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

18 Nov 2020 6 3

Jens Spahn

Inserted 3 years ago

“Given the very dynamic situation in all of Europe, we need to equally reduce contact in almost all European countries.”

Reuters

German Health Minister

30 Oct 2020 3 3

Charles Michel

Inserted 3 years ago

“Within the space of just a few weeks, the situation has escalated from worrying to alarming. Now we must avoid a tragedy. Until the anticipated vaccines start to be administered on a massive scale, the only way to contain the epidemic while maintaining activity is to identify infected persons at a very early stage so that they can self-isolate and avoid infecting others. At European level, this plan of action has not achieved the desired results.”

Politico

President of the European Council

27 Oct 2020 3 3

Hans Kluge

Inserted 3 years ago

“The evolving epidemiological situation in Europe raises great concern: daily cases are up, hospital admissions are up and Covid is now the fifth leading cause of deaths. We are recording two to three times more cases per day compared with April, but five times fewer deaths, and hospital admissions are taking two to three times longer to double. The pandemic today is not the pandemic yesterday – not only in terms of its transmission dynamic, but in the ways we are now equipped to face it.”

Theguardian

WHO’s regional director for Europe

15 Oct 2020 3 2

Boris Johnson

Inserted 3 years ago

“Let's be absolutely clear about what's happening in Europe, amongst some of our European friends — I'm afraid you are starting to see in some places the signs of a second wave of the pandemic. And we all remember what happened last time. It's absolutely vital, therefore, that we make the necessary preparations here in the U.K. as we are doing.”

Politico

UK Prime Minister

28 Jul 2020 3 3

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“There is growing COVID fatigue among our citizens … But we should not let up now. Not only does the situation remain serious in many parts of Europe, but we must also watch for the new variants that are spreading.”

“Once the infection rates sink, and they will sink, then we can be as free as we want. But right now? Should ski resorts open? Under what conditions?”

“If the EU does mandate that the ski resorts stay closed, that means a cost of up to €2 billion [for Austria]. If the EU really wants that, it has to pay for it, too.”

“We will try to get a vote in Europe on whether we could close all ski resorts. Unfortunately, considering announcements from Austria, it doesn't look like we can do that so easily, but we will try again.”

“I am happy to announce that tomorrow we will approve a new contract to secure another COVID-19 vaccine. The deal allows us to buy up to 160 million doses of a vaccine produced by Moderna.”

“Given the very dynamic situation in all of Europe, we need to equally reduce contact in almost all European countries.”

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