The fourth wave of COVID-19 is set to
peak in Italy in two to three weeks, the World Health
Organization (WHO) said on Sunday.
The peak is "close" in Italy and will be followed by a phase of
decrease in the epidemic, it said.
Contagion from the SarsCoV2 virus is slowing down with the case
tally slightly down, the WHO said.
But at the same time, given the very high transmission rate of
the Omicron variant, which is now prevalent, ,ore than 2.5
million Italians are now positive for the virus and it is
certain that almost all the population will come into contact
with Omicron in 2022, the WHO said.
"BY the end of this year almost everyone will have been hit,"
said Health Undersecretary Pierpaolo Sileri.
WHO Europe director Hans Kluge said that "from here to March 40
out of 53 European countries will suffer an elevated stress on
hospitalisations and intensive care units".
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