WHO: Europe's vaccination COVID-19 programme is ‘unacceptably slow’
The Hindu
Only 10% of Europe's population has received one dose and just 4% given two doses so far.
European nations' immunisation campaigns against are “unacceptably slow” and risk prolonging the pandemic, a senior World Health Organisation official said Thursday. Hans Kluge, WHO's regional director for Europe, said vaccines “present our best way out of this pandemic,” but noted that to date, only 10% of Europe's population has received one dose and that only 4% have been fully protected with two doses.
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