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WHO warns Europe as 'merciless' virus marches on

Geneva | The World Health Organization’s European director has warned national governments against reducing the quarantine period for people potentially exposed to the coronavirus, even as he acknowledged that COVID-19 “fatigue” was setting in with growing public resistance to the measures needed to control the pandemic.

Dr Hans Kluge said that “even a slight reduction in the length of the quarantine” could have a significant effect on the spread of the virus which returned to “alarming rates of transmission" in Europe this month.

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/world/europe/who-warns-europe-as-merciless-virus-marches-on-20200918-p55wuh