Director of the WHO Regional Office Hans Klaje rated the distribution period of the Omicron-strain of coronavirus in Europe. In his opinion, this version of COVID-19 will become dominant in many countries in Europe in the coming weeks, reports Associated Press.
At a press conference in Vienna, the clue predicted the approach of the “next storm” coronavirus. According to him, for several weeks, Omicron-strain will become dominant in many countries of the European Region, which will push already loaded health systems closer to the edge of the abyss. “
WHO representative added that Omicron-strain COVID-19 revealed minimally 38 of 53 countries belonging to the European Region. The new mutation of the virus has already become dominant in the UK, Denmark and Portugal. The glare stressed that over the past week in Europe, 2.6 million new cases of coronavirus infection were recorded, which is 40 percent exceeding the previous week’s performance.
Keleva noted that 89 percent of patients with “Omicron” there are the same symptoms as with other coronavirus strains – cough, throat pain and elevated temperature. The most often new Covid-19 mutation was found in people aged 20 to 30 years.
Earlier, WHO CEO Tedros Adan Gebresus estimated the speed of the distribution of Omicron strain. He stressed that the mutation spreads faster than other coronavirus option and is a danger to vaccinated. Greesus also called on to cancel mass holidays to protect against Omicron strain.