The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the fast-spreading variant of the coronaviruses will likely be the dominant strain in Europe by mid-January.
Ursula von der Leyen said that Omicron could be dominant in Europe by the middle of January.
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Von der Leyen said that the variant will likely overtake the delta strain by mid-January, as the number of Covid-19 cases caused by omicron appears to be doubling every two or three days.
The new variant will likely be the most popular in Europe before the new year, with experts in Norway andDenmark predicting it will overtake delta in a matter of days.
Omicron will become the dominant variant in the U.K. by the end of the year, according to one analysis, in line with warnings from British Health Secretary Sajid Javid.
According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Omicron was linked to 3% of Covid-19 cases in the US last week. It has risen quickly in a very short time, despite being a relatively low proportion of U.S. coronaviruses. The variant has been reported in 35 states.
The key background.
In recent weeks, there has been a surge in coronaviruses in Europe and the bloc has put pressure on the unvaccinated and brought in new restrictions, which were politically unthinkable just months ago. Germany and Austria have joined a small group of countries that are considering making vaccines compulsory for all adults. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced opposition from his own Conservative party this week in order to get support for Covid passports and face masks. The emergence of omicron could make the situation worse, though experts worry that it could be more transmissible.
The number is big.
77. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the head of the World Health Organization, said that there are now more than a dozen countries reporting cases of omicron.
CDC data shows that Omicron is starting to eat into Delta.
3% of U.S. covid cases are now accounts for Omicron.
The first person died in the U.K.
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