Copenhagen: Europe estimated to hold more than half the people omicron Over the next two months, the WHO said on Tuesday, as millions in China face a renewed lockdown on the two-year anniversary of the world’s first. covid Death.
The highly permeable version has ripped through countries at breakneck speed, forcing governments to scramble to implement new measures and roll out booster shots.
Europe has been at the center of alarming new outbreaks – hospital admissions and deaths are also creeping up – and the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that Omicron could infect half of all people in the region at current infection rates. .
“The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimates that more than 50 percent of the region’s population will be infected with Omicron in the next six to eight weeks,” it said. Hans Kluge, Regional Director of the European Office of WHO.
The WHO’s European region includes 53 countries and territories, including several countries in Central Asia, and Kluge said 50 of them had omicron cases.
Kluge confirmed that Omicron is more permeable than previous variants, but stressed that “approved vaccines continue to provide good protection against serious disease and death”, including Omicron.
The warning bell came exactly two years after the first person who died of the virus, later identified as a covid – was a 61-year-old man in Wuhan, China, where the virus was first detected.
As of January 11, 2020, the known fatalities in the pandemic have grown to nearly 5.5 million.
China tamed its initial outbreak with a mix of massive lockdowns, border closures and mass testing, but flare-ups in some major cities are testing a zero-Covid strategy weeks ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
China’s official Xinhua news agency said the city of Anyang in Henan province on Monday night told its five million residents not to leave their homes or drive cars on the streets.
Last week, one million people in Yuzhou, a city in Henan, were told to stay at home. Xi’an, home to 13 million people, is in its third week of lockdown.
China reported 110 new local virus cases on Tuesday, a small figure compared to the hundreds of thousands daily in global hotspots such as the United States.
But they are cause for alarm for Chinese officials as Beijing prepares to host the Winter Games, an event expected to already have stringent coronavirus safety protocols in place.
Hong Kong, which has some of the world’s toughest coronavirus border restrictions, also on Tuesday closed kindergartens and primary schools until early February, to fight an Omicron outbreak.
On the same day, Japan extended a strict COVID border policy, which bans almost all new foreign arrivals, until the end of next month.
Japanese officials also announced the reopening of massive vaccination centers as they fight the omicron-fueled boom.
Health experts say vaccines are among the most powerful tools available against the pandemic.
But Jobs’s deep suspicion and often violent protests in several countries came into sharp focus last week when Australia revoked the visa of the world’s top male tennis player over Covid shot requirements.
The Unjabbed, Vaccine-Septic Novak Djokovik She, however, won a legal challenge against the government on Monday, and is looking to defend her Australian Open title despite anger in the country over her waiver.
“I can imagine some people would be very angry about it,” the 22-year-old fan said. Harrison Danicolowho felt that Djokovic should be allowed to play.
In Italy, however, Prime Minister Mario Draghi urged people to get shots as new restrictions went into effect on Monday, leaving large numbers of people unvaccinated on public transport and from places such as restaurants, gyms and cinemas.
“Most of the problems we face today depend on the fact that there are uneducated people,” he said.
Known Covid deaths in Poland, where the government has also urged people to get vaccinated, has passed 100,000, health minister Adam Niedzielski said Tuesday.
France said on Monday that Covid rules for schools would be relaxed as a record-high number of cases closed thousands of classes and raised concerns among parents and teachers.
Under the first change, parents will no longer be obliged to take their child for a COVID test immediately if he is a contact case.
The highly permeable version has ripped through countries at breakneck speed, forcing governments to scramble to implement new measures and roll out booster shots.
Europe has been at the center of alarming new outbreaks – hospital admissions and deaths are also creeping up – and the World Health Organization said on Tuesday that Omicron could infect half of all people in the region at current infection rates. .
“The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimates that more than 50 percent of the region’s population will be infected with Omicron in the next six to eight weeks,” it said. Hans Kluge, Regional Director of the European Office of WHO.
The WHO’s European region includes 53 countries and territories, including several countries in Central Asia, and Kluge said 50 of them had omicron cases.
Kluge confirmed that Omicron is more permeable than previous variants, but stressed that “approved vaccines continue to provide good protection against serious disease and death”, including Omicron.
The warning bell came exactly two years after the first person who died of the virus, later identified as a covid – was a 61-year-old man in Wuhan, China, where the virus was first detected.
As of January 11, 2020, the known fatalities in the pandemic have grown to nearly 5.5 million.
China tamed its initial outbreak with a mix of massive lockdowns, border closures and mass testing, but flare-ups in some major cities are testing a zero-Covid strategy weeks ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
China’s official Xinhua news agency said the city of Anyang in Henan province on Monday night told its five million residents not to leave their homes or drive cars on the streets.
Last week, one million people in Yuzhou, a city in Henan, were told to stay at home. Xi’an, home to 13 million people, is in its third week of lockdown.
China reported 110 new local virus cases on Tuesday, a small figure compared to the hundreds of thousands daily in global hotspots such as the United States.
But they are cause for alarm for Chinese officials as Beijing prepares to host the Winter Games, an event expected to already have stringent coronavirus safety protocols in place.
Hong Kong, which has some of the world’s toughest coronavirus border restrictions, also on Tuesday closed kindergartens and primary schools until early February, to fight an Omicron outbreak.
On the same day, Japan extended a strict COVID border policy, which bans almost all new foreign arrivals, until the end of next month.
Japanese officials also announced the reopening of massive vaccination centers as they fight the omicron-fueled boom.
Health experts say vaccines are among the most powerful tools available against the pandemic.
But Jobs’s deep suspicion and often violent protests in several countries came into sharp focus last week when Australia revoked the visa of the world’s top male tennis player over Covid shot requirements.
The Unjabbed, Vaccine-Septic Novak Djokovik She, however, won a legal challenge against the government on Monday, and is looking to defend her Australian Open title despite anger in the country over her waiver.
“I can imagine some people would be very angry about it,” the 22-year-old fan said. Harrison Danicolowho felt that Djokovic should be allowed to play.
In Italy, however, Prime Minister Mario Draghi urged people to get shots as new restrictions went into effect on Monday, leaving large numbers of people unvaccinated on public transport and from places such as restaurants, gyms and cinemas.
“Most of the problems we face today depend on the fact that there are uneducated people,” he said.
Known Covid deaths in Poland, where the government has also urged people to get vaccinated, has passed 100,000, health minister Adam Niedzielski said Tuesday.
France said on Monday that Covid rules for schools would be relaxed as a record-high number of cases closed thousands of classes and raised concerns among parents and teachers.
Under the first change, parents will no longer be obliged to take their child for a COVID test immediately if he is a contact case.
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