Europe celebrated Christmas with omicron records

In several European countries on Christmas Eve, against the backdrop of the spread of a new strain of "omicron", broke records for the number of cases of covid infection per day. The WHO expects

A number of European countries before Catholic Christmas registered records for the number of people infected with CORONAVIRUS per day, REUTERS reported.

In the UK on December 24, 122.1 thousand new cases of infection were reported. Over the past week, 707.3 thousand infected people were detected in the country, which is 230 thousand, or almost one and a half times more than a week earlier.

The indicator also hit the maximum in France and Italy - 94.1 thousand and 50.5 thousand cases per day, respectively.

Records are set against the backdrop of the spread of a new strain of coronavirus "omicron". For example, in Ireland, which also hit a high of 11.1 thousand, more than three-quarters of new cases are associated with this option, The Irish Times reported citing the Ministry of HEALTH.

The authorities of European countries have taken restrictive measures because of the "omicron" Politics