As COVID-19 transmission rates once again begin to rise across the European region World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge urged the region to return to basics when dealing with the pandemic. As new cases of COVID-19 in Europe rose nine per cent to just above one million it brought to an end a six-week decline in new cases and the stark realization that variants were making significant headway in the region Kluge said during a virtual press conference here on Thursday Xinhua news agency reported. According to Kluge there are been a resurgence in central and