Half of Europe on track to catch Omicron, world economy at risk

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COPENHAGEN: More than half of people in Europe will likely catch Omicron by March, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday (Jan 11), as the World Bank warned the contagious variant could hamper global economic recovery. Millions in China were

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COPENHAGEN: More than half of people in Europe will likely catch Omicron by March, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday , as the World Bank warned the contagious variant could hamper global economic recovery., exactly two years after Beijing reported the first death from what was later confirmed to be coronavirus.

With almost 8 million recorded infections over the past seven days, Europe is currently reporting the largest number of deaths and cases worldwide, according to an AFP tally. The WHO's European region covers 53 countries and territories including several in Central Asia, and Kluge said 50 of them had Omicron cases.

In its latest Global Economic Prospects report, it cut its forecast for world economic growth this year to 4.1 per cent after the 5.5 per cent rebound last year. The city of Anyang in Henan province on Monday night told its 5 million residents not to leave their homes or drive cars on the roads, China's official Xinhua news agency said.Hong Kong, which already has some of the toughest coronavirus border restrictions in the world, on Tuesday shut kindergartens and primary schools until early February to fight an Omicron outbreak.UNEQUAL VACCINE ACCESS

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