The WHO European Region covers 53 countries and territories, including Russia, Turkey, Israel, the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
“The end of the pandemic is still beyond the horizon and, unfortunately, there have been more than 1.2 million Covid-19 deaths in the European region so far. It is important that countries continue their combined efforts to protect the most vulnerable and at risk,” said WHO Regional Director for Europe. Dorita Nicana.
Although vaccination rates in Europe are among the highest in the world, they vary considerably between countries in the region, and some countries still have low vaccination rates among priority groups, including the elderly and those working in the healthcare sector, Nicana said.
The European Union (EU) European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has so far registered 34.4 million infections and more than 740,000 deaths from Covid-19 in the EU-27 and the European Economic Area (EEA) countries Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. .
