Omicron may become dominant in Europe in months: EU

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BRUSSELS — The European Union's (EU) public health agency said on Thursday (Dec 2) that the Omicron variant could be responsible for more than half of all Covid-19 infections in Europe within a few months, but no cases of severe disease had yet been identified in the region.

 

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