The head of the European office of the World Health Organisation (WHO) is on Tuesday expected to give an update on the spread of the Omicron variant across the Old Continent as he visits Austria.
Dr Hans Kluge will hold a joint press conference with Austrian Health Minister Wolfgang Mueckstein at around 17:15 CET.
It comes a day after WHO chief Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged people to skip holiday gatherings, warning that "an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled."
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