Omicron Europe variant, WHO: “Over 50% of the population infected in 2 months”

Omicon variant, it is estimated “that over 50% of the population of the European Region will be infected” by the new variant “in the next 6-8 weeks”. This was stated by WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, during the press conference on epidemic updates. The European region, continued Kluge, “recorded over 7 million new Covid cases reported in the first week of 2022, more than doubling in a two-week period”. “As of January 10, 26 countries have reported that over 1% of their population has fallen ill every week,” he added.