Over Half of Europe Could Be Infected With Coronavirus Soon, W.H.O. Says

Posted on AllSides January 11th, 2022
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More than half of people in Europe could be infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization warned on Tuesday, amid “a new west-to-east tidal wave sweeping across the region.”

“The region saw over seven million cases of Covid-19 in the first week of 2022, more than doubling over a two-week period,” Hans Kluge, the agency’s regional director for Europe, said at a news conference.

While coronavirus vaccines remain remarkably effective at preventing severe illness and death, the agency cautioned against...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/world/europe/who-europe-covid-omicron-infection.html

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