WHO: 'After Omicron, the end of the pandemic in Europe'

Omicron should mark the end of the pandemic in Europe

. Last stage after two years that have marked the world, the variant has in fact opened a new phase that should "plausibly" lead to the extinction of the virus. The analysis is by WHO head for Europe Hans Kluge who predict a new peak of cases by March, with 60% of European citizens infected, before the gradual end of the nightmare. A light at the end of the tunnel, therefore, while the virus continues to run with peaks of infections all over the world.

Not only in Europe (Germany reached a record weekly incidence of 772.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants) but also in Russia and throughout Asia, from China to New Zealand. Where Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has postponed the wedding, due to the new restrictions decided by her government.

, confirmed, after having illustrated in detail the measures implemented, including a limit of 100 people, all fully vaccinated, for any meeting or event. "I am no different from the thousands of other New Zealanders who have experienced much more devastating situations due to the pandemic, including the particularly painful one of not being able to be with loved ones when they are seriously ill," the premier cut short, announcing the postponement of the wedding. A decision taken after a spike in cases in neighboring Australia (88 deaths in a single day), with the aim of continuing to remain among the nations least affected by Covid: New Zealand has officially registered 15,104 infections and 52 deaths from the beginning of the pandemic.

The Omicron rush

, determined to carry on the upcoming winter games and for this reason ready to close, as happened in recent weeks, entire cities even for a few cases, or to monitor entire provinces with swabs. This is what is happening in Fengtai, one of the 16 districts of the municipality of Beijing, where the health authorities have started a generalized control, with a round of molecular swabs throughout the territory after the reporting of a new cluster. On the other hand, Russia has reached the

. There have been 63,205 cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, after the 57,212 infections on Saturday and the 49,513 infections of last Friday. Moscow - the epicenter of the epidemic in the country - also set a new record, for the fourth consecutive day, with 17,528 new cases. Both the infections in the capital and those in the rest of the country are mainly due to the spread of the Omicron variant.

against serious illness and double protection against infections in the current wave led by the Omicron variant. This was announced by the Israeli Ministry of Health, quoted by the media, on the basis of an "initial analysis" by experts from various important academic and health institutions by comparing who has already received the fourth dose and who has had the third at least for four months. That is - he added - about 400,000 Israelis who received the fourth vaccine (over 60 and fragile) and 600,000 who received three doses.

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The demonstrators threw objects at the police, who reacted using tear gas and fire hydrants in the area of ​​the Cinquantenaire Park, near the EU institutions.

This was reported by Le Soir, according to which 50 thousand people descended on the square.

Damage to vehicles and buildings is reported.