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On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak COVID-19 a global pandemic. The spread of the virus led to unprecedented changes across the world, as governments and health authorities tried to curb the spread of the virus.
“In the days and weeks ahead, we expect to see the number of cases, the number of deaths, and the number of affected countries climb even higher,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the WHO Director-General, as he made the announcement in 2020.
Fast forward three years and statistics show that deaths caused by or related to COVID-19 significantly added to the rate of excess deaths globally. According to Johns Hopkins University, there were more than 6.8 million deaths directly due to COVID-19. But today, through vaccination and weaker mutations, the threat has been stifled.
Yet, excess mortality rates in Europe have sharply increased in recent months. We’re going to take a look at why.