As COVID surges in Europe, officials warn of "twindemic" with flu


  • World
  • Thursday, 24 Sep 2020

FILE PHOTO: People, wearing protective face masks, walk past a dental clinic advertisement at Vallecas neighbourhood in Madrid, Spain, September 18, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

LONDON (Reuters) - A surge in COVID-19 cases in Europe risks becoming a deadly double epidemic of flu and coronavirus infections, EU health officials warned on Thursday as they urged Europeans and their governments not to let their guard down.

"It is abundantly clear that this crisis is not behind

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