Europe faces real threat of COVID-19 resurgence, WHO Europe head says

FILE PHOTO: Medical specialists transport a patient outside a hospital for people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -European countries must work harder to prevent the coronavirus spreading further as deaths and new cases surge, the World Health Organization's Europe head said on Thursday.

Current transmission rates in 53 European countries are of