WHO: Omicron to infect more than half of Europe’s population in 6-8 weeks | Malay Mail

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COPENHAGEN, Jan 11 — More than half of the European population are expected to be infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant within the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organisation’s top Europe official said today. Europe saw more than 7 million newly reported Covid-19 cases in the...

COPENHAGEN, Jan 11 — More than half of the European population are expected to be infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant within the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organisation’s top Europe official said today.

Europe saw more than 7 million newly reported Covid-19 cases in the first week of 2022, more than doubling over a two-week period, the WHO’s Europe director Hans Kluge told a news briefing. “At this rate, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation forecasts that more than 50 per cent of the population in the region will be infected with Omicron in the next 6-8 weeks,” Kluge said. — Reuters

 

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Don’t worry, heard pfizer has come out with the new vaccines for Omicron..

LowElsielow Serve them right. With so many ani-vaxers. They r not only digging their own graves but infecting law abiding one

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