WHO warns of virus surge in Europe
The Hindu
‘More than 50% Europeans are at risk of getting infected in the next two months’
More than half of people in Europe are on track to contract the Omicron coronavirus variant in the next two months if infections continue at current rates, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
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.
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