The WHO predicted "another storm" and the dominance of the omicron strain in Europe

In many European countries, the omicron strain of CORONAVIRUS will crowd out other variants of the infection in the coming weeks, causing a “significant surge” in the number of new patients. Hans Kluge, DIRECTOR of the European regional division of the World HEALTH Organization (WHO), said this during a press conference, reports the Associated Press.

“Within weeks, omicron will dominate many countries in the region, pushing already overburdened healthcare systems even further to the edge,” he said, adding that this strain of covid-19 has already been detected in 38 of the 53 countries supervised by the European division of the WHO, and its dominance has already been confirmed in the UK, Denmark and Portugal.

“We can see another storm approaching,” he concluded.

Kluge added that mainly the omicron strain in Europe was detected in young people aged 20 to 30 years, and in 89% of all new patients with this strain, doctors noted typical symptoms, and for other variants of COVID-19 - sore throat, cough and chills. The HEAD of the European division of WHO also said that last week in Europe 2.6 million people fell ill with one or another strain of coronavirus, 27 thousand people who had previously fallen ill died.