The press conference was broadcast on von der Leyen's Twitter page.
“It takes scientists and vaccine manufacturers two to three weeks to get a complete picture of the severity of the omicron mutation,” she said.
The head of the EC also called for increasing the rate of vaccination of the population to increase the antibody titer.
Earlier, the Finnish authorities restricted entry from seven countries in southern Africa after the discovery in the world of a new strain of the coronavirus "omicron".
On November 25, it became known that scientists have identified a new strain of coronavirus in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, which could potentially become the most dangerous.
Later it was designated by the Greek letter "omicron".
Senator, Honored Doctor of Russia Vladimir Krugly spoke about the situation with the omicron coronavirus strain.
According to him, citizens returning from Egypt may be the source of the emergence of a new strain in Russia.