The World Health Organization warned that 10% of people in the European region -- which includes parts of central Asia -- will have had COVID-19 by the end of the week.
Cases and deaths have been rising across the region, doubling since late September, with more deaths expected, the WHO said.
Even though 66.4% of people in European Union countries are fully vaccinated against the virus, many governments have imposed new measures on people who are unvaccinated in an effort to encourage more people
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