professor paul elliott, many thanks _ gatherings.l elliott, many thanks indeed, director - gatherings. professor paul elliott, many thanks indeed, director of i gatherings. professor paul elliott, i many thanks indeed, director of the react programme here and public health medicine at imperial college london, thank you.— there are still concerns about the impact of omicron, even if it is milder. the variant is spreading rapidly across europe and around the world, as tanya dendrinos reports. a silver lining just in time for christmas, but while preliminary studies suggest the omicron variant appears to be milder, its rate of transmission is another story altogether. omicron is already the dominant strain in a number of countries, including the uk, portugal and denmark. and according to the world health organization, that will soon be the case right across europe. there is no doubt that europe once again is the epicentre of the global pandemic. the top ten countries with the highest mortality are in europe and central asia. in spain, t