Speaking at a press conference, regional director Hans Kluge warned that the Omicron variant represented a 'new west-to-east tidal wave sweeping across' the European region (Pictured: Graph showing how daily Covid cases in Europe surged over December and January)
CNBC: Over 50% of Europe's population will be infected with omicron in the next 2 months, WHO says
* Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO's regional director for Europe, said a new "West to East tidal wave" of omicron infections was sweeping across the region.
* The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation forecasts that more than 50% of the population in the region will be infected with omicron in the next six to eight weeks, Kluge added.
* Omicron has swept the region at an alarming pace, with some countries reintroducing social restrictions in an effort to curb it.
LONDON — More than 50% of Europe's population will be infected with the highly contagious omicron Covid-19 variant over the next two months, according to forecasts shared by a top World Health Organization official.
Dr. Hans Kluge, the WHO's regional director for Europe, cited data from the Seattle-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at a news briefing Tuesday, saying a new "West to East tidal wave" of omicron infections was sweeping across the region, on top of the previous delta variant which is still prevalent.
"It [omicron] is quickly becoming the dominant virus in Western Europe and is now spreading into the Balkans," Kluge said.
He added that the region saw more than 7 million infections in the first week of 2022, more than doubling over a two-week period.
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