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Omicron likely to become dominant strain in Europe at beginning of 2022: ECDC

ANI Dec 15, 2021 22:29 IST

Moscow [Russia], December 15 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control predicted on Wednesday that Omicron would likely overtake Delta to become the dominant coronavirus strain in Europe in early 2022.
The highly-mutated strain was labelled a "variant of concern" late in November by the World Health Organization and was soon spreading across the world.
"The Omicron VOC is likely to become the dominant variant in the EU/EEA within the first two months of 2022," ECDC rapid risk assessment read.
The ECDC said it did not have enough data to assess the severity of the disease caused by Omicron, but if it is equal to or weaker than that of Delta, its increased transmissibility would cause exponential growth of cases that would rapidly outweigh any benefits of a potentially reduced severity.
European Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides tweeted that Europeans "cannot throw caution to the wind" as they prepare for the festive winter season. (ANI/Sputnik)

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