Italy registered 3% excess mortality among over-65s in June due to heatwaves, the health ministry said Thursday saying it had been the second hottest June ever. (ANSA)

EuroMOMO does not publish excess deaths per individual country, but it noted that France and Belgium were the only two countries in Europe to log “very high excess” mortality in…

The European Monitoring of Excess Mortality for Public Health Action said there were no other major factors other than the heat to explain the spike in deaths.