Speaking at a press conference, regional director Hans Kluge warned that the Omicron variant represented a 'new west-to-east tidal wave sweeping across' the European region (Pictured: Graph showing how daily Covid cases in Europe surged over December and January)
CNBC: Over 50% of Europe's population will be infected with omicron in the next 2 months, WHO says
* Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO's regional director for Europe, said a new "West to East tidal wave" of omicron infections was sweeping across the region.
* 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 six to eight weeks, Kluge added.
* Omicron has swept the region at an alarming pace, with some countries reintroducing social restrictions in an effort to curb it.
LONDON — More than 50% of Europe's population will be infected with the highly contagious omicron Covid-19 variant over the next two months, according to forecasts shared by a top World Health Organization official.
Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO's regional director for Europe, cited data from the Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at a news briefing Tuesday, saying a new "West to East tidal wave" of omicron infections was sweeping across the region, on top of the previous delta variant which is still prevalent.
"It [omicron] is quickly becoming the dominant virus in Western Europe and is now spreading into the Balkans," Kluge said.
He added that the region saw more than 7 million infections in the first week of 2022, more than doubling over a two-week period.
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WHO Says Over 50% Of Europe's Population Will Be Infected With Omicron In The Next 2 Months
Covid: Half of Europe to be infected with Omicron within weeks - WHO -- BBC
Half of Europe on track to catch Omicron, world economy at risk -- AFP
More than half of Europe could catch Covid-19 in two months, WHO expert warns -- CNN
COVID: Omicron in Europe is 'a west-to-east tidal wave', says WHO -- Euronews
WHO: Over Half of European Population to Get Infected With Omicron in Next 6-8 Weeks -- Sputnik
WHO: 7 Million New Omicron COVID Cases in Europe Last Week -- US News and World Report
3 comments:
OMG! 50% of Europe will be dead or on ventilators!
no.infected.dummy
Fred (1:49)
As wrong and as lying as Fauci. Biden and others have been regarding COVID, I am allowed scathing, sarcastic comments.
Governor Hochul (D) and others have been coming clean on COVID. she has been talking about comorbidities a and making distinction between of COVID and with COVID.
"The overwhelming number of death, over 75 percent, occurred in people who had at least four comorbidities," Walensky
You are losing Fred and there is nothing you can do about it.
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