OREANDA-NEWS. EU countries should prepare for the possible start of the second wave of the spread of a new coronavirus. This was announced on Monday by a representative of the European Commission.

"In accordance with the results of the latest risk assessment, member countries should prepare for the second wave", he said and stressed that European countries should take all necessary measures to be prepared for such a scenario. According to the EC representative, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control regularly evaluates the situation with the coronavirus pandemic. "New waves may appear even if current indicators are well controlled", he added.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, more than 4 million people have been infected with coronavirus in the world, about 280 thousand have died. In Russia, according to the data of the federal operational headquarters for the fight against coronavirus, 221,344 cases of infection were registered, 39,801 people recovered, 2,009 died. The Government of the Russian Federation launched the stopkoronavirus.ru resource to inform about the situation in the country.