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Boosters could slash hospitalisation, EU says
By EUobserver
"The current uptake of a booster dose achieved by early January may reduce future Omicron hospital admissions by 500,000 - 800,000" in Europe, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), an EU agency, said Thursday. Its figures covered the 27-nation EU sates plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. About half the EU population has so far received a booster shot.