GENEVA (Reuters) – Global deaths from COVID-19 are expected to exceed 100,000 weekly “very soon,” from more than 93,000 reported last week, the World Health Organization’s top emergency expert said on Monday. Hi, Mike Ryan.
In an epidemiological update provided at the WHO executive board meeting, he added that the Americas region accounted for approximately 47 percent of current deaths. In Europe, cases and deaths are stabilizing, but at a high level, he said.
“Currently our epidemiological situation is dynamic and uneven, although it is more complicated by variants,” he told the board.
Reports by Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge