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Watch live: WHO to speak on Omicron and Europe's COVID surge
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The World Health Organization warned that 10% of people in the European region -- which includes parts of central Asia -- will have had COVID-19 by the end of the week.
Cases and deaths have been rising across the region, doubling since late September, with more deaths expected, the WHO said.
Even though 66.4% of people in European Union countries are fully vaccinated against the virus, many governments have imposed new measures on people who are unvaccinated in an effort to encourage more people to get the COVID-19 jab.
In Italy, a super health pass, proving vaccination or recovery, is needed to access cinemas and indoor dining, while in Germany, the unvaccinated are restricted from much of public life.
Austria, meanwhile, will mandate
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