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European countries have reported record coronavirus infections, as the World Health Organization warned that a combination of the Omicron and Delta variants was leading to 鈥渁 tsunami鈥� of cases.

The French health minister, Olivier Veran, described the rise in infections there as 鈥渄izzying鈥� with 208,000 cases reported in the past 24 hours. The UK, Italy and Spain are among the countries where cases are breaking records.

However some are questioning whether it is time to revise how we deal with the virus and the measures that are being used to control the pandemic. Among them, Professor Francois Balloux, Director of the University College London鈥檚 Genetics Institute. He believes that the zero-Covid strategy is no longer valid.

Picture: A general view of a vaccination centre located in a concert hall where people get a booster vaccination on December 29, 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Credit: Pierre Crom/Getty Images.