'High To Very High' Risk New Covid Variant Will Spread In Europe: EU Health Agency
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published November 27, 2021 | 08:50 AM
Stockholm, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Nov, 2021 ) :There is a "high to very high" risk that the new Covid variant, dubbed Omicron and originally detected in South Africa, will spread in Europe, the EU health agency said Friday.
In a risk assessment report, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said the "overall level of risk for the EU/EEA associated with the SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron is assessed as high to very high.
"Apart from South Africa, Omicron has been detected in Israel in a person coming from Malawi as well as in Botswana, Hong Kong and EU member Belgium.
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