The UN health body already announced on Tuesday that it would hold an emergency meeting next week to determine whether to classify the outb...

The Covid-19 pandemic has entered a new phase with the Omicron variant, which could infect 60 percent of people in Europe by March, and cou...

"At this rate, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in the region w...

WHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge said at a media briefing on Tuesday that 26 countries in its region reported that more than 1% of their p...

Dr. Hans Kluge said case counts are beginning to near record levels again and the pace of transmission in the region, which stretches as fa...

Dr. Hans Kluge cited "deeply worrying" levels of high transmission, saying 33 countries among the 53 in the WHO Europe region have reported...

Last week, the number of new cases rose by 10%, driven by increased mixing, travel, gatherings, and easing of social restrictions, Kluge sa...

Over the last two months, new COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations have declined, prompting 36 out of 53 countries in the region to ...

In the face of a continued threat and new uncertainty, we need to rethink or avoid international travel.

WHO Europe director Hans Kluge told a press conference that "the decline in cases conceals increasing numbers of outbreaks and community sp...

Speaking at a press conference, the WHO's regional director for Europe Hans Kluge, called the current situation "a tipping-point in the cou...

Hans Kluge, WHO's regional director for Europe said in a post to Twitter that the organisation was closely monitoring the spread of the new...

In spite of the rapidly rising cases, Kluge cautioned that closing schools should be seen as a last resort, especially in light of there be...

Kluge cited epidemiological models that suggested if 95% of people wear masks and other social distancing measures are applied, Europe coul...

As some European countries have started to ease some of the restrictions put in place to curb the spread, WHO regional director for Europe,...

"The very notion that 'COVID-19 only affects older people' is factually wrong," the head of the WHO's European branch, Hans Kluge, told rep...

The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health pro...