The World Health Organization said today, Sunday, that it expects a “possible” end to the Covid-19 epidemic in Europe after the “Omicron” mutant.
And the director of the European branch of the World Health Organization, Hans Kluge, announced that the mutant “Omicron”, which may infect 60% of Europeans by March, has launched a new stage of the Covid-19 epidemic in the region and may bring the health crisis closer to the end.
“It is possible that the region is nearing the end of the epidemic,” Kluge told AFP, but he urged caution against the reality of the virus changing.
He added, “When the Omikron wave subsides, there will be group immunity for weeks and months, either thanks to the vaccine or because people will have immunity due to infection, as well as a decline due to the season.”
But the official stressed, “We are not at the stage of an endemic disease.”
He explained, “The fact that the disease is endemic means that we can predict what will happen, but this virus has raised a surprise more than once. So we have to be very careful.”
It is reported that the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned a few days ago of the emergence of new strains after “Omicron”.
The head of the World Health Organization noted the exceptional importance of monitoring and evaluating the situation with new strains of the Corona virus.
Source: French press agency