WHO official: Spike in European deaths since March linked to Covid-19
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28 May, 2020, 04:50 pm
Last modified: 28 May, 2020, 04:54 pm
“What we have seen very clearly is that the peak in excess mortality corresponds in those countries to the peak of the transmission of Covid-19”
FILE PHOTO: Coffins that have been piling up in a church due to a high number of deaths, are seen before they are taken away by military trucks, as Italy struggles to contain the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Seriate, Italy March 28, 2020. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo
About 159,000 more people in 24 European countries have died since early March than would have ordinarily been expected, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday, adding a "significant proportion" of the spike is linked to Covid-19.
"What we have seen very clearly is that the peak in excess mortality corresponds in those countries to the peak of the transmission of Covid-19," Katie Smallwood, a WHO emergency official, told reporters. "This gives us a very good indication that a very significant proportion of this excess deaths is linked and due to Covid-19."
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