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Copenhagen, Aug 30 (EFE).- (Camera: EFE/EPA Archive).The World Health Organization expressed Monday its serious concern over the rise of Covid-19 infections and stagnant vaccination rates across Europe. ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE.
After an alarming outbreak of a mutant coronavirus, multiple countries have canceled flights from the United Kingdom. According to Business Insider, the move was prompted by fears around the new variant of COVID-19. The mutant coronavirus is believed to be up to 70% more transmissible than the original strain. In order to stop its spread, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that London and surrounding areas would suddenly be plunged into lockdown. Dutch authorities confirmed at least one case of this COVID-19 variant had reached the Netherlands. Flights from the UK to The Netherlands are canceled until January 1st, as are those to Belgium. On Sunday afternoon, Italian foreign minister Luigi di Maio said that the government would be suspending all travel from the UK.
Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 are about 25% more likely to deliver their babies preterm. This is according to data released Monday by the U.S. Advertisement Just over 10% of babies in the United States are born preterm, according to the CDC. "The proportion of preterm live births among women with COVID-19 infection during pregnancy was higher than that in the general population in 2019." This suggests that pregnant women with the disease infection might be at risk for preterm delivery." agency researchers wrote. Still, the findings are preliminary and describe primarily women with 2nd and 3rd trimester infections.
The Director of the World Health Organisation's Europe Region Hans Kluge warns of "alarming" rates of Covid-19 transmission across Europe from the case numbers for September. SOUNDBITE
Thousands of demonstrators from across the US march in Washington, DC, to decry Covid-19 mandates. Mostly maskless, the protesters walk from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in a city that has adopted mask and vaccine mandates. IMAGES
Images show the Ramada Hotel in Schiphol, Netherlands where Europe's highest number of people so far with the Omicron strain of Covid-19 are being kept in isolation. IMAGES
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