We have more new infections than ever in Germany, more than 80,000. The World Health Organization assumes that from Western Europe to Central Asia, more than half of all people will be infected with Omikron – and that by March. The variant will rush across the continent from west to east like a tidal wave.
The American corona expert Anthony Fauci puts the situation in a nutshell: Ultimately, Omikron will find everyone. Felix Hütten from the SZ Knowledge Department explains what that means for us. It also describes how reliable Omikron’s self-tests are.
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