Omicron rewrites the COVID plan for 2022


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  • Friday, 17 Dec 2021

FILE PHOTO People walk across Westminster Bridge after new measures were announced yesterday due to the Omicron coronavirus variant in London Britain November 28 2021. REUTERSTom Nicholson

FILE PHOTO: People walk across Westminster Bridge after new measures were announced yesterday due to the Omicron coronavirus variant, in London, Britain, November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson

CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the Omicron variant gains momentum in Europe and the United States, scientists are rewriting their expectations for the COVID-19 pandemic next year.

Just weeks ago, disease experts were predicting that countries would begin to emerge from the pandemic in 2022 after enduring a series of surges driven by the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta variants. First among them would be populations with a significant amount of exposure to the coronavirus, through a combination of infections and vaccination.

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