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Government adviser Arnaud Fontanet, a member of the scientific council that is helping guide President Emmanuel Macron through the coronavirus crisis, said borders should be closed to Britain and Ireland. He also proposed a shutdown with other countries that have a strong presence of the mutant strain found in the south east of England. Mr Fontanet told BFM television: “It’s important that we consider whether we need to close the borders to a limited number of countries, no
The World Health Organization has warned European countries they need to do more to deal with the alarming situation brought on by recently discovered variants of the novel coronavirus.
WHO Urges Bolder Response Against Alarming New Coronavirus Variant
AFP
8 JANUARY 2021
The World Health Organization s European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by recently discovered variants of the novel coronavirus.
The WHO s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, called the current situation a tipping-point in the course of the pandemic.
While the new year brings with it new opportunities and tools , such as vaccines, Europe is also challenged by surging cases and new strains of the virus causing COVID-19. This is an alarming situation, which means that for a short period of time we need to do more than we have done and to intensify the public health and social measures to be certain we can flatten the steep vertical line in some countries, Kluge said, referring primarily to the new variant first discovered in the UK.