COPENHAGEN, Jan 11, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - More than half of people in Europe are 
on track to contract the Omicron coronavirus variant in the next two months 
if infections continue at current rates, the World Health Organization said 
Tuesday.

   "At this rate, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) 
forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in the region will be 
infected with Omicron in the next six to eight weeks," Hans Kluge, regional 
director for WHO's European office, told a press conference.