More than 7 million new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the first week of 2022 in Europe, told on Tuesday at a briefing head of the European Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) Hans Klag, writes TASS.
“In the first week of 2022, more than 7 million new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the region, heights twice in two weeks. As of January 10, 26 countries report that more than 1% of their population are related to COVID-19 Every week. Mortality rates remain stable and continue to remain the highest in countries with high incidence of COVID-19 in combination with a lower level of vaccination coverage, “he said.
50 of 53 countries in Europe and Central Asia reported on cases of Omicron strain, continued to beolately. “He quickly becomes a dominant virus in Western Europe and is now extended to the Balkans,” he explained.
At such a pace, the Institute of Indicators and Health Assessment (IHME) predicts that more than 50% of the region’s population will be infected with Omicron in the next 6-8 weeks. “The data collected in recent weeks confirm that” Oomikron “has a high ability to spread, because the mutations they have allow it to be easier to fix on human cells, and he can infect even those who have previously been infected or vaccinated” , – continued to beolate.