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Due to the omikron variant of the coronavirus, we have entered a new phase of the pandemic. That is what our compatriot Hans Kluge, director of the European branch of the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Sunday. He said an end to the pandemic is “plausible”, although caution is advised about the unpredictable facets of the virus.
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gjsSource: BELGIAN
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According to Kluge, 60 percent of Europeans will have been infected by March. “Once the omikron wave has calmed down, there will be global immunity for several weeks and months, either from the vaccine or because people are immune from an infection,” Kluge said. In addition, there will be fewer infections due to the seasonal effect. “So it’s likely that the region is headed towards some kind of endemic endgame.”
Kluge underlined that there is currently no question of an “endemic era” of the virus, where it becomes much more predictable what will happen.
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