COVID-19 cases cross 60M in European countries

BRUSSELS:The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region has recorded 60,093,393 COVID-19 cases, including 1,220,486 deaths, according to the figures released by the WHO Regional Office for Europe on Monday.

"The end of the pandemic is still over the horizon and sadly so far in the European region there have been more than 1.2 million COVID-19 deaths," WHO Regional Emergency Director for Europe Dorit Nitzan said in a press release.

"It is important that countries continue their combined efforts to protect their most vulnerable people and those at risk," Nitzan added.

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