More than 50% of population in Europe will be infected with Omicron in next 6-8 weeks, warns WHO
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The World Health Organization said that fifty of the 53 countries in Europe and central Asia have now reported cases of the Omicron variant.
New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday (January 11, 2022) warned that more than 50% of the population in Europe will be infected with the Omicron variant in the next 6-8 weeks.
"We have entered 2022 with the countries of Europe and Central Asia still under intense pressure from COVID-19. Today, the Omicron variant represents a new west to east tidal wave sweeping across the Region, on top of the Delta surge that all countries were managing until late 2021," Hans Henri P Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, said in a statement.
He added that the Region saw over 7 million newly reported cases of COVID-19 in the first week of 2022, more than doubling over a 2-week period.
