Risk remains high in eastern Europe and central Asia with arrival of COVID-19 Omicron variant

Across the entire WHO European Region, we have now recorded more than 165 million COVID-19 cases to date. This remains a deadly disease, 1.8 million people have lost their lives, 25 000 in the past week. Health systems are being put under increasing strain, not least because cases among health-care workers are escalating – rising from 30 000 at the end of last year…
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