Has the Omicron variant peaked in Europe, and when will it happen in Australia? | The World

Australia keeps hanging on to hope that the Omicron wave will soon peak. It appears be happening elsewhere in the world with daily coronavirus cases in the UK dropping sharply over the last fortnight. Dr Lawrence Young from Warwick University in Birmingham tells The World Europe appears to following the same trend as South Africa - "a very steep rise and then quite a precipitous fall." Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation. For more from ABC News, click here: https://ab.co/2kxYCZY Watch more ABC News content ad-free on iview: https://ab.co/2OB7Mk1 Go deeper on our ABC News In-depth channel: https://ab.co/2lNeBn2 Like ABC News on Facebook:   / abcnews.au   Follow ABC News on Instagram:   / abcnews_au   Follow ABC News on Twitter:   / abcnews   Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNews #ABCNewsAustralia