Billionaire Bill Gates announced on Twitter he is canceling most of his holiday plans because people he knows have been infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and “we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic.”

Gates continued by saying “Omicron is spreading faster than any virus in history” and will soon be found in every country. He further called for wearing masks more and “avoiding big indoor gatherings.”

The billionaire also said he believes the current wave of the pandemic will be over by March of next year because the new corona-virus variant spreads so quickly. Once Omicron moves through the population, we'll have an opportunity to recover from the winter surge.

"Those few months could be bad, but I still believe if we take the right steps, the pandemic can be over in 2022," he said.