Vaccination has made good progress in the European Union.
70% of the adult population in the EU has received at least one dose of the anti-Covid 19 vaccine, the European Commission announced on Tuesday.
More than half of adults, or 57%, are fully vaccinated, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in a statement.
Faced with the dangerousness of the Delta variant, she called for continuing the effort and called on all those who have the possibility to be vaccinated "for their own health and to protect others".
The EU has kept its word and delivered!
Our target was to protect 70% of adults in the European Union with at least one vaccination in July.
Today we have achieved this target.
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- European Commission 🇪🇺 (@EU_Commission) July 27, 2021
This is "not the time to let your guard down"
Despite this figure: "The number of cases is on the rise again in the Member States and some are worrying about vaccination delays" regrets Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides.
This is "not the time to let your guard down", in the face of "the threat of more transmissible variants", she added.
"Projections show that we will reach our goal of guaranteeing a complete vaccination of at least 70% by the end of the summer," said the Commissioner for Health.
The European Union will continue to provide the necessary number of vaccines, assures the Commission.
Four vaccines have been authorized in the EU by the EMA, the European Medicines Agency: the Pfizer / BioNTech, Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines with two doses required and the Johnson & Johnson in a single injection.