The COVID-19 pandemic has entered into a new phase but it is not over yet, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides said on Wednesday.
“The European Commission has declared a new different phase in the coronavirus pandemic but not its end,” the EU official told Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation radio.
In a comment on the extensive relaxation of coronavirus restrictions by most EU countries, Kyriakides warned that there is always a danger of new flare-up.
The European Commission is concerned over the fact that 90 million people in the EU countries are still unvaccinated, and over the hesitation by many people to receive the third dose, following the easing of restrictions, she added.
The World Health Organization has expressed concern over the possibility of a new worldwide flare-up with the emergence of new Covid-19 sub-variants beyond the BA.2 mutation, such as the BA.4 and BA.5.
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