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WHO Europe chief to give COVID-19, Omicron update ahead of Christmas
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The head of the European office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is on Tuesday expected to give an update on the spread of the Omicron variant across the Old Continent as he visits Austria.
Dr Hans Kluge will hold a joint press conference with Austrian Health Minister Wolfgang Mueckstein at around 17:15 CET.
It comes a day after WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged people to skip holiday gatherings, warning that "an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled."
More than 2.6 million COVID-19 infections were reported across the 51 counties included in the WHO European region in the weeks ending on December 13 — the highest of any region for the 12th consecutive weeks, according to the UN's agency COVID-19 dashboard.
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