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FROM THE ENCOUNTER IN BRUSSELS. “The situation is worrying.” The current epidemiological picture in Europe does not leave Stella Kyriakides calm. The EU Commissioner for Health believes that it is not yet time to start treating the coronavirus as if it were endemic. The spread of Omicron is bringing various essential activities of our societies to their knees and increasing pressure on hospitals, but not only: “The more it spreads – explains the commissioner – the greater the risk that an even more dangerous variant will emerge”.