WHO warns of 'toxic mix' as EU chief mulls mandatory Covid jabs

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 02, 2021 4:00 pm

GENEVA: The WHO has issued stern warnings on the dangers of vaccination apathy and the European Union put mandatory jabs on the table as the United States registered its first case of the fast-spreading Omicron strain of the coronavirus.

The new variant, first reported to the World Health Organization by South Africa a week ago, has quickly popped up across continents, darkening economic forecasts and deepening fears of another difficult winter in the northern hemisphere.

A woman in a wheelchair waits to receive a dose of Covid-19 vaccine, at the vaccination center of Parque das Nacoes in Lisbon on December 1, 2021. AFP PHOTO

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