The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that half of Europe is going to get infected with the Omicron variant within the next six to eight weeks.

Dr Hans Kluge stated that a ‘west-to-east tidal wave’ of Omicron infection was sweeping across the region. The projection has been made on the basis of the seven million fresh infections reported across the European region in the first week of 2022. The number of cases has increased over two-fold in a span of two weeks.

Dr Kluge stated that the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation had predicted that over 50% of the people in the region are going to be infected with Omicron variant in the coming six to eight weeks. He added that the European and Central Asian countries were under pressure as the virus spread from western countries into the Balkans… (BBC, January 12, 2022)