The Christmas party may need to be scaled down because Omicron is now “probably” increasing Europe The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated that even though the situation proved to be less serious.
The high infectiousness of the new Covid variant means that EU agencies predict that more people will be hospitalized or die this winter, instead of previous predictions.
The risk assessment released on Wednesday recommended that governments urgently need to reintroduce Covid restrictions. One option is to advise family and friends to avoid mixing together during the holiday season.
Dr. Andrea Ammon, Director of ECDC in Stockholm, said: “We assess that the possibility of further spread of Omicron variants in the EU/EEA is very high, and it is considered likely to cause additional hospitalization and deaths, further exceeding the previous consideration of only Delta. Forecast of variants.
“In the current situation, vaccination alone cannot prevent us from the effects of the Omicron variant, because there is no time to resolve the remaining vaccination gap.”