Omicron Could Cause Over Half of Europe’s Covid Cases in ‘Next Few Months’: EU Health Agency

The Omicron variant of Covid-19, believed to be extra contagious than earlier strains, may trigger greater than half of all Covid infections in Europe in coming months, the EU well being company ECDC mentioned on Thursday.

“Based mostly on mathematical modelling performed by ECDC, there are indications that Omicron may trigger over half of all SARS-CoV-2 infections within the EU/EEA throughout the subsequent few months,” it mentioned in a risk evaluation report.

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