Copenhagen: There are more than 7 million new cases of Omicron variants from Covid-19 throughout Europe in the first week of January, more than doubled in just two weeks, the World Health Organization said.
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Hans Kluge told media direction on Tuesday that 26 countries in his area reported that more than 1% of their population was infected with Covid-19 every week, a warning now is the “closing window” to prevent their health system From overwhelming.
He cited the estimate of the Institute of Health Metrics at the University of Washington which projects half of the population in Western Europe will be infected with Covid-19 in the next six to eight weeks.
“Omicron moves faster and wider than the variant (before) Even what we see, “he said not to offer a booster dose and to donate them to the country – poor countries where vulnerable groups have not been immunized.
Kluge said he was very worried that when Omicron moved east across the European continent, the variant would take a much higher victim in countries with lower levels of vaccination coverage.
In Denmark, he noted the level of coronavirus hospitalization six times higher in people who were not vaccinated compared to those who had been immunized.