COVID-19
Europe facing new COVID-19 wave, US is probably next
Europe is already entering a new wave of COVID-19, according to a joint statement released on Wednesday from the World Health Organization and the European Center for Disease Control.
“We are unfortunately seeing indicators rising again in Europe, suggesting that another wave of infections has begun,” Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, and Dr. Andrea Ammon, director of the ECDC, wrote.
Weekly reported cases in Europe started to rise in September, according to the WHO, with Europe recording 1.14 million new cases during the week ending on October 2.
Exerts warn however, Europe’s fresh wave of COVID may foreshadow what’s to come in the U.S.
“We’ve seen with other waves or bumps that they often start in Europe and then come to the U.S.,” said Lighter, adding that this usually happens within two to three weeks.