Omicron variant of coronavirus could be dominant in Europe in mid-January

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, warned this Wednesday that the omicron variant of coronavirus covid-19 could be dominant in Europe in mid-January, but insisted that all 27 EU countries have enough vaccines to fight the virus.

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Given the current rapid progression of cases, “science tells us that we should expect that omicron is already the new dominant variant in Europe in mid-January ”declared Von der Leyen to the European Parliament.

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The omicron variant spreads “at a rate that we have not seen with any other variant”, The World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday, which urged the use of all anticovid tools to prevent European health systems from being quickly submerged before the arrival of the end of the year holidays.

“During the year that is ending, we have worked hard and achieved many things. And that is why Europe is now in a better position to fight the virus, “continued the president of the European Commission, on the eve of a summit of European leaders in Brussels.

“In the first place, we now have enough doses of vaccines for each European,” stressed Ursula von der Leyen, recalling that 66.6% of the EU population received two doses of vaccine against covid-19 and that for the moment , the third dose “is the best protection against the new variant.”

“The most important thing now is to increase as quickly as possible the number of people vaccinated in Europe”, because “the price we will pay if people are not vaccinated will continue to increase”, with, for example, Christmas parties affected again by the pandemic, and schools and activities that are closing, insisted the president of the European executive.

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