Greek scientist predicted the timing of the end of the coronavirus pandemic

The wave of infections with the omicron strain of CORONAVIRUS could end by February 20, and it is likely to be the last wave of the pandemic, said Demosthenes Sariyannis, a professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, writes the Greek edition of Newsbeast.

Sariyannis expects the Greek omicron to peak between January 20 and 22, when the weekly average will reach 66,000 cases. As of December 31, over the past day, 40,560 cases of infection have been detected in the country, which is a record for the entire time of the pandemic. The scientist suggests that at the peak, 80-100 thousand cases can be recorded per day.

According to Sariannis , after overcoming the peak of the incidence, its decline will begin, and it will end by February 20, when the number of detected cases per week will drop to 3.5-4 thousand on average. part of the society will be immunized,” said the professor.

He also explained that the wave of the omicron strain could be the last in the pandemic. However, the scientist does not exclude the emergence of new mutations, since the development trends of the coronavirus remain unknown.