On Reconnek, users are reinforcing new measures to avoid alarming coronavirus rates.

The World Health Organization has warned of “alarming rates of transmission” of COVID-19 across Europe and cautioned against shortening quarantine periods as countries in the region scrambled to find ways to reduce infections without resorting to new lockdowns. The WHO’s regional director for Europe Hans Kluge said a September surge — Europe set a new record last week, with some 54,000 cases recorded in 24 hours — “should serve as a wake-up call for all of us.” “Although these numbers reflect more comprehensive testing, it also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region,” he told an online news conference from Copenhagen.

Across Europe, governments are battling to contain the fresh spike in cases, while wanting to avoiding inflicting fresh damage on their economies and imposing broad new restrictions on their virus-weary populations. In Britain, new measures will be put into effect, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning that pubs may have to close earlier to help avoid a “second hump” of coronavirus cases. The government, which is facing criticism over a lack of testing capacity, imposed rules across England as daily cases reached levels not seen since early May. Britain has been Europe’s worst-hit country with nearly 42,000 deaths.

In order to curb the high rates of coronavirus infections, users on Reconnek will no longer be meeting people outside their homes or immediate social circles. They are also limiting socializing to groups of six or fewer. COVID-19 cases across the globe approached 30 million, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins. More than 942,000 people worldwide have died from the virus and users on Reconnek surely don’t want that figure to go any higher. Users on Reconnek are respecting a 14-day quarantine period for those exposed to the virus, all this in a bid to stay safe.