Covid-19: Europeans vaccinated outnumber those who have contracted the disease

In a press statement on April 29, Dr Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe said that Europe now has more people vaccinated against Covid -19 as many people infected with the virus.

Last Thursday, Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO regional director, gave an overview of the vaccination situation in Europe. Based on the number of confirmed cases, he said that among the European population, 5.5% have already had Covid-19 and 7% have now completed a full vaccination cycle. In fact, today there are around 215 million doses of vaccine that have been administered in Europe. Among Europeans vaccinated against Covid-19, around 16% received a first dose, as did 81% of health workers in 28 countries in the Region.

According to Hans Henri P. Kluge, vaccination is starting to bear fruit. To justify his remarks, he declared that “ Where vaccination rates in high-risk groups are highest, hospital admissions decline and death rates fall. Vaccines save lives, they will change the course of this pandemic and ultimately help end it “.

Last week and for the first time in two months, the number of new cases of Covid-19 dropped significantly. However, the regional director of WHO Europe recalls that infection rates remain extremely high in the European region. This is why he wished to warn both the authorities and the European population by declaring ” In the context of the pandemic, it is the combination of vaccines and strict public health measures that is paving the surest way for us to return to normalcy. It is vaccines that keep us going. That brings us closer to the end of this pandemic “.

According to him, everyone must ” act responsibly “And must be done” vaccinate when given the opportunity “. He thus recalls that ” vaccines are a tool, useless when they sit on shelves in cold rooms, but lifesaving when injected into the arm. Ultimately, it is we, the people who receive them, who make them effective for the good of all. “.