WHO seeks sharpened response to virus outbreaks

COPENHAGEN－The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe called for urgent strategies and tools on Tuesday to control and eradicate COVID-19, monkeypox and polio.

"With autumn and winter approaching, we anticipate a surge in cases, with or without a resurgence of seasonal influenza in Europe," Hans Kluge, regional director of WHO Europe, told a news conference on Tuesday.

Coronavirus has claimed 3,000 lives in the European region in the last week alone, accounting for roughly one-third of the global total, the WHO said.