{"id":18696,"date":"2021-12-15T14:32:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=18696"},"modified":"2021-12-15T14:32:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-15T14:32:27","slug":"omicron-variant-could-become-dominant-in-europe-by-mid-january-eu-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2021\/18696\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron variant could become dominant in Europe by mid-January: EU chief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STRASBOURG, France (National Times) &#8211; EU chief Urusula von der Leyen on Wednesday warned the Omicron variant of Covid-19 could become dominant in Europe next month, but insisted her 27-nation bloc had ample vaccines to fight the virus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you look at the time it takes for new cases to double in number, it seems to be doubling every two or three days. And that\u2019s massive. 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