Omicron 'storm' could push health systems 'to the brink', World Health Organization warns
Omicron will dominate... with a threat to push already overwhelmed health systems further to the brink'
Dr. Hans Kluge, WHO Europe regional director, listed the UK as one of the countries where the variant "is becoming or already has become dominant".
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