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The Director of the World Health Organisation's Europe Region Hans Kluge warns of "alarming" rates of Covid-19 transmission across Europe from the case numbers for September. SOUNDBITE
"An ongoing surge in China is not anticipated to significantly impact the COVID-19 epidemiological situation in the WHO European Region" says the World Health Organization's European regional director, Hans Kluge. "The surge of two virus variants circulating in China are those that have already been seen in Europe and elsewhere," he adds. China is battling a wave of Covid cases since the government's decision to lift nearly three years of restrictions. SOUNDBITE
Germany's finance minister, Christian Lindner, plays down concerns about the increasing spread in borrowing costs between eurozone governments. SOUNDBITE
Dozens of shoppers rush into the Printemps department store in Paris for the start of the winter sales amid record numbers of Covid cases. IMAGES
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
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