Belgium PM Says New Omicron Variant Is So Potentially Devastating That It Should Be Called ‘COVID-21’

Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo pictured during a press conference after a meeting of the consultative committee | Benoit Doppagne/BELGA MAG  

Summit News: Belgian Prime Minister Says New Variant Heralds Arrival of ‘COVID-21’ 

Claims it’s three times more infectious. The Prime Minister of Belgium says the new mutant variant of coronavirus is so potentially devastating that it should be called ‘COVID-21’. 

Yes, really. Alexander De Croo made the comments during a press conference after international markets plummeted in response to the news that the ‘Nu’ variant of the virus had been discovered in Botswana and spread across South Africa. 

“You could say that this is Covid-21 instead of Covid-19: it is three times more infectious than the original virus,” said De Croo.  

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WNU Editor: It is too early to make a medical/health judgement on this variant.

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