Normal life could resume once again in just two months following the Omicron wave, an expert in Denmark has claimed.
Tyra Grove Krause, who is the Chief Epidemiologist at Denmark’s State Serum Institute, said that the number of infections from the new variant is set to peak later this month.
She went on to refer to a recent study that has shown that the risk of hospitalisation from Omicron is halved compared to other variants of the virus.
It is believed that the findings are giving health authorities in Denmark hope that the crisis could be over in just a couple of months, the Mirror reports.
Discussing the influence that Omicron may have on life in Denmark, Ms Krause said: “I think we will have that in the next two months, and then I hope reinfection will start to subside and we get our normal lives back.”
In a 2022 New Year message, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu struck a hopeful note as the coronavirus crisis goes into its third year.
He said he was "confident" this will be the year the pandemic ends, but warned against "narrow nationalism and vaccine hoarding".
Dr Tedros said that vaccine inequality had "created the ideal conditions for the emergence of the Omicron variant".
He said: "And the longer inequity continues, the higher the risks of this virus evolving in ways we can’t prevent or predict."
Dr Tedros said tackling inequality will be the key to ending the global nightmare and bringing life back to normal.
In a statement, he said: "If we end inequity, we end the pandemic.
"Through the ACT-Accelerator, which includes COVAX, WHO and our partners are helping to make vaccines, tests and treatments accessible to people who need them, all over the world.
"As we enter the third year of this pandemic, I’m confident that this will be the year we end it – but only if we do it together."
He said millions of lives have been saved by vaccines, adding that medics now have new drugs to prevent and treat Covid-19.
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