On Tuesday, the director of the EU’s public health agency announced that 42 occurrences of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Omicron strain had been confirmed in ten European Union (EU) countries.
At an online conference sponsored by Slovenia’s president, Andrea Ammon, director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), said authorities in the EU’s 27-nation bloc were looking into six additional “possible” cases.
She added that the confirmed cases were minor or asymptomatic and that they primarily affected children and teenagers.
“We have to wait till the laboratory tests with sera from those who have recovered before we can judge whether it (Omicron) escapes immunity.”
She stated, “These will be due in a couple of weeks.”
Executive director of the European Medicines Agency Emer Cooke confirmed that previous immunizations will continue to provide protection even if the new strain becomes more widespread.
According to Andrea Ammon, 42 cases of the variation have been detected in ten EU nations (ECDC).