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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
The World Health Organization says that Europe and Central Asia could see another half a million deaths by February next year. SOUNDBITE from Director of WHO Europe Hans Kluge
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the Covid-19 pandemic will be over when "the world chooses to end it", adding "we have all the tools we need, but the world has not used those tools well". SOUNDBITE
WHO Europe director Hans Kluge warns of another 236,000 Covid-19 deaths in Europe by December 1, saying that "several countries" are observing an "increased burden on hospitals". SOUNDBITE
At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the World Health Organzation chief says at the opening of the organisation's main annual assembly. SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization chief voices alarm at India's record-breaking wave of Covid-19 cases and deaths, saying the organisation is rushing to help address the crisis. SOUNDBITE