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October 23, 2025 - 6:15 AM

Omicron likely to become dominant variant in Europe within 4 weeks – Expert

Omicron is likely to become the dominant form of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Europe within the next month, overtaking other variants such as Delta, according to an expert.

“At the moment, Omicron is still rare in Europe,’’ Richard Neher, head of the Evolution of Viruses and Bacteria research group at the University of Basel, said on Monday in an interview published on the university’s website on Monday.

“But if the evolution continues like this, Omicron will be predominant in Europe in about two to four weeks,’’ he said.

Data from Denmark and Britain suggest that the number of Omicron infections is doubling every three to four days.

The transmission rate is three times that of Delta.

The reason for this is that both vaccinated and unvaccinated people are infected.

Vaccinated people were better protected against infection with the Delta variant than with Omicron.

However, vaccinated and especially people who had received a booster shot were still protected against a severe course of the disease COVID-19 with Omicron, according to the expert.

Neher said inequality in the global distribution of vaccines have to be addressed as soon as possible.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sharply criticised the fact that dozens of countries were still waiting for enough vaccine doses to fully immunise their health workers, while rich countries were administering booster shots

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