Pandemic enters “end game” as Omicron becomes endemic

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The World Health Organization (WHO) believes that the COVID pandemic is entering its blow-off phase and will soon become endemic as the majority of the world’s population becomes infected:

The World Health Organisation, normally conservative in its statements on Covid-19, is predicting the end of the pandemic with an expected “period of quiet” as Omicron waves subside.

The WHO says that after an upcoming expected lull in infections, further waves will be experienced but they will be epidemic waves rather than a continuation of the pandemic…

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.