Last week’s WHO epi update noted the greatest regional increases in new COVID-19 cases in the Western Pacific (up 28 percent with the largest proportional increases observed in Vanuatu and French Polynesia) and the Eastern Mediterranean (up 25 percent, Iran and Tunisia). Data from the Office for National Statistics in the UK reveals that for the week ending July 6/7, around one in 19 people in England and one in 16 in Scotland returned positive tests (more details here). Meanwhile the WHO European Region office has issued guidance on appropriate interventions recommended for the upcoming autumn and winter seasons in view of the spike in cases over summer as people socialised more, and the anticipated co-circulation of COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses. Read more
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