Europe 1 with AFP 12:23 p.m. on December 1, 2021, modified at 12:25 p.m. on December 1, 2021
The Omicron variant "could pose a threat to the global economic recovery", the OECD chief economist warned on Wednesday, as this potentially more contagious and lethal new strain of the coronavirus spreads across the world.
The Omicron variant "could pose a threat to the global economic recovery", the OECD chief economist warned on Wednesday, as this potentially more contagious and lethal new strain of the coronavirus spreads across the world.
"We are concerned that the new variant, the Omicron strain, adds more uncertainty to that already at work, which could pose a threat to the economic recovery," Laurence Boone said in a statement. press conference.
The OECD also slightly lowered its global growth forecast for 2021 on Wednesday and called for accelerating the distribution of vaccines and vaccination, as the Covid-19 pandemic regains strength with the emergence of the new variant.
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