Zurich: More than 50 per cent of the European population will get infected with the Omicron coronavirus variant during the next 6-8 weeks, Hans Kluge, the regional director for Europe at the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Tuesday.
Kluge cited a study conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
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The WHO official mentioned that Omicron is becoming dominant in Western Europe and is spreading in the Balkans.