Omicron 'stealth' subvariant BA.2 could go 'wild' in Europe before going global, epidemiologist says
While war rages in Ukraine, not much attention is being paid in Europe to rising Covid cases.
Doctor Immanuel Hardtmann holds a syringe with the vaccine Moderna in a temporary vaccination center inside the Excursion boat Alexander von Humboldt on the first day of the #HierWirdGeimpft Covid-19 vaccination campaign on September 13, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.LONDON — While war rages in Ukraine, not much attention is being paid to surging Covid-19 cases across Europe that could soon start to filter out to the rest of the world.
"But the situation in Europe is a bit bumpy at the moment, and in Germany ... the [case] numbers are at a very, very high level, and they're still increasing and have been increasing for quite some time." "It's difficult to predict but personally I think it's very likely that this is going to continue its tour around the globe as well," he added. "That's what viruses in a pandemic usually do."
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