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Covid-19 cases rise 9% in Europe

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Covid-19 cases rise 9% in Europe

Covid-19 cases rise 9% in Europe

The World Health Organisation's regional director for Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, reports that new cases of Covid-19 in Europe rose 9% last week to just above one million.

This has brought a six-week decline in new cases to an end with more than half of the region seeing increasing numbers of new infections.


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