WHO called the omicron strain "the next storm" for Europe

Reported by the Associated Press.

“We can see another storm approaching ... Within a few weeks, omicron will become dominant in many countries in the European region, pushing already busy health systems closer to the brink of the abyss,” he said.

He clarified that this variant of the coronavirus has already been identified in at least 38 of the 53 countries in the region.

At the same time, according to him, the strain has already become dominant in the UK, Denmark and Portugal.

Earlier, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz predicted the fifth wave of coronavirus in Germany due to the omicron strain.

Virologist Yevgeny Timakov, in an interview with FAN, gave a forecast regarding the situation with coronavirus infection before the New Year holidays.