Omicron variant, weather conditions and people’s fatigue among the reasons for outbreak in COVID cases, expert tells CNA

The Omicron sub-variant, weather conditions and growing among the people are some of the reasons explaining the current epidemiological outlook, as daily COVID cases exceed now 5,000 people, says the member of the Advisory Scientific Committee, Lecturer in Paediatrics at the European University of Cyprus, Dr. Zoe-Dorothea Pana.

Speaking to CNA, Dr. Pana stated that the outbreak of cases is a phenomenon observed not just in Cyprus, but there is a general concern across Europe.

She noted that due to the predominance of the Omicron sub-variant, which is super transmissible, the dispersion in the community has increased.

On the other hand, she added, seasonality, weather conditions that are not improving as well as indoor interactions, in combination with the fact that we are in a phase where society is trying to remain open, two years after the p

Source: Cyprus News Agency