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The World Health Organization’s Europe office said projections show its 53-country region could face another 700,000 deaths in the COVID-19 pandemic by next spring, topping two million in total.
WHO Europe, which is based in Copenhagen, also cited growing evidence of a decline in protection against infection and mild disease through vaccines, and said a “booster dose” should be given as a priority to the most vulnerable populations — including people with weakened immune systems — as well as people over 60 and health-care workers.
The United Nations health agency’s international headquarters in Geneva, however, has repeatedly called for a moratorium
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