''They describe the new variant as similar to a tsunami, and their description is accurate; if Omicron spreads, hospitals will be pushed to the brink,'' Davit Rekhviashvili, the director of Tsitsishvili clinic said.
Rekhviashvili said that 175 hospital beds they have cannot meet the requirements that will emerge if Omicron becomes a dominant strain, which is why ''we must fight against it with doubled or tripled increased use of face masks, social distance, and vaccination.