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Vaccines: EU misses March target for over 80s

2021-04-06T16:47:09.486Z


None of the 27 EU countries has achieved the European Commission's target of vaccinating 80% of the elderly over 80 by the end of March. (HANDLE)


(ANSA) - BRUSSELS, APRIL 06 - None of the 27 EU countries has reached the European Commission's goal of vaccinating 80% of the elderly over 80 by the end of March.


    According to the numbers of the Covid vaccine tracker of the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Ecdc), calculating an average over 25 countries, (including Norway and Iceland, but data are not available for the Netherlands, Romania, Germany and Spain ) approximately 60% of the administration of the first dose is reached, while the figure drops to 36.5% for complete coverage.


    In Italy 56.5% of the over 80s received the first injection, in France 59.8%.

The highest percentages are recorded in Malta (95.8%) and Sweden (87.7%), while in Bulgaria (5.1%) and Latvia (17.4%) the lowest.


    In Italy and France 29.7% of over 80s also received the recall.

Malta (71%) and Denmark (52%) report the highest data, while Latvia (0.6%) and Bulgaria (0.7%) report the lowest.


    "By the end of last week, 107 million doses of the vaccine had been delivered to Member States. In terms of deliveries, this number has the potential to cover 80% of healthcare workers and people over the age of 80 - around 28 million. of people ", explains a spokesman for the Community Executive.


    "Obviously there have been challenges along the way, including changes in the timing and quantity of deliveries by the" pharmaceutical "companies, which have influenced the planning and efficiency of vaccination campaigns. Reconsideration of the increase in deliveries in the second quarter. the spokesperson - we are confident that vaccinations will soon increase in all Member States and that we can reach our overall goal of fully vaccinating 70% of the adult population by the summer. "


   (HANDLE).


Source: ansa

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