Covid-19 Battle to Intensify as Winter Sets In

Winter is coming, and that's bad news for the battle against Covid-19

Health authorities in North America and Europe are bracing for another intensive phase in the battle against Covid-19 as winter begins.

Respiratory viruses tend to spread more easily during the cold winter months, which in a typical year bring coughs and sneezes to the schoolyard and pneumonia and death to the most vulnerable elderly people. The risk for the U.S. and Europe this year is that Covid-19 cases multiply at the same time as other winter illnesses, overwhelming hospitals with sick patients.

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