Europe saw more than 7 million newly-reported cases in the first week of 2022, more than doubling over a two-week period, 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% of the population in the region will be infected with Omicron in the next 6-8 weeks," Kluge said, referring to a research centre at the University of Washington.Fifty out of 53 countries in Europe and central Asia have logged cases of the more infectious variant, Kluge said.
Evidence, however, is emerging that Omicron is affecting the upper respiratory tract more than the lungs, causing milder symptoms than previous variants.
I do not know what is in my DNA not even Omicron affect me 😄
No shit. Everyone knew this 5 weeks ago, the WHO is supposed to be a leader, they have been late or outright wrong since beginning of COVID19, late to call it a pandemic, wrong then late on masks, just one more example of the failure of the elites & our institutions. change
So we can make the conclusion vaccines don't work?
I thought it already did?
Bobby_GQ Waiting impatiently...
Omicron Omicron OmicronVirus If you’ve had a booster, and don’t have co-morbid conditions, I can attest that getting Covid again will be as close to asymptomatic as you’ll ever be. Like nothing at all… which is scary in itself.
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