Six EU countries have now fully vaccinated a larger proportion of their total population A coronavirus vaccine is better than the UK, after the group’s terrifying initial launch began to take off and the UK’s impressive early jab rate has fallen.
Government and health service data compiled from online scientific publications Our data worldMalta, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Ireland all surpass the United Kingdom in terms of the percentage of fully vaccinated populations.
Although the UK’s hugely successful campaign will certainly slow down first because it encounters more difficult to reach groups that are hesitant to vaccines, the rate of decline is staggering: the UK is currently managing a small amount of daily doses in some EU countries. part.
For example, on Wednesday, France received 368,596 doses of the first dose and 261,695 doses of the second dose. British overall score They are 33,304 and 165,669 respectively.
With 27 member states, the EU’s election campaign has been plagued by repeated early mistakes, delays and shortages. It has invested weapons faster than most developed countries, while also adopting a tough strategy to maintain a high acceptance rate.
The data will put pressure on the Boris Johnson government to restart a plan that was one of the fastest in the world at first, but is now in decline. 57.3% of the population is fully vaccinated and 69% of the population is vaccinated. Part of the vaccine.
The rise in vaccination rates for all age groups in the UK is very slow, but the low vaccination rates among 18-29 year-olds-mainly because young people are considered to be at no risk-are significant and Shocked the ministers. Among young people aged 18 to 30, it is estimated that there are 33% of people have not yet received the first shot.
According to data, as of August 4, Malta has vaccinated 88% of the total population, and 91% of the population has received at least one dose. In Belgium, 61% were completely stabbed and 70% were partially stabbed; Spain had 60% and 70% respectively; Portugal 59% and 70%; Denmark 58% and 73%; and Ireland 57.4% and 68%.
This gap seems likely to widen further, as several EU countries-although their launch has slowed since June-are still much faster than the UK Especially the rate of first dosing dropped drastically.
The Netherlands is already ahead of the United Kingdom in the first dose of vaccine; other countries, including France, are following current trends and will soon surpass the United Kingdom in the second dose. According to our data world, The 27 EU countries collectively give 0.56 injections per person every 7 days, which is almost twice the rate of 0.28 injections in the UK.
Vaccination rates in some EU countries are faster than the EU average and many times faster than the UK: for example, Denmark averages 0.97 doses per person per day; France 0.82; Belgium 0.80; Portugal and Ireland 0.77; Spain is 0.73, Italy is 0.72.
Since the population is similar to that of the United Kingdom, France made an interesting comparison. According to the VaccinTracker website, Using government data, so far, France has managed 43.3 million and 36.1 million second injections.
This means that 65.1% of the French population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, and 54.3% of the population has been fully vaccinated (slightly higher than the world in our data, because France believes that people who have recovered from Covid have been fully vaccinated after receiving one dose. Vaccinated).
These two figures are still lower than the UK’s 69% and 57% respectively, but France’s first injection rate is almost 10 times that of the UK, and the second injection rate is almost twice that of the UK.
With the rapid spread of the Delta variant adding new urgency to its slow vaccine development, France, one of several EU countries, has adopted this approach aimed at promoting the adoption of vaccine-insensitive groups, including young people. The compulsory strategy, that so far, the British government seems to be reluctant to consider, although entry to nightclubs may be restricted from September.
President Emmanuel Macron The plan was announced last month For a “health pass”, a vaccination certificate or a negative test required to enter public events and places (such as movie theaters and museums) are required.
Starting Monday, adults will also need passes to go to cafes and restaurants or take long-distance trains-this measure will be extended to people between the ages of 12 and 17 in September. If a Covid-19 case is diagnosed in the class, non-vaccinated middle school students must also go home, while vaccinated students can stay in school.
Although the French government’s strategy occasionally triggers violent protests, and about 200,000 people took to the streets across the country last Saturday, public opinion polls show that it has received a wide majority of support.
Most importantly, since the announcement of the health pass, the daily vaccination rate in France has almost doubled, and nearly 8 million people have received their first dose in the past six weeks. There are still 7 million appointments in August.
Denmark, Italy, Greece and most recently Germany has adopted Or propose similar strong incentives to vaccinate, and at the same time Multiple EU countries It has also increased acceptance rates by opening up their vaccination services to all people over 12 years of age-some starting in mid-June.
France, Spain, and Italy have all recently reported that the first dose of vaccination rate for the 12 to 17-year-old age group is as high as 40%. In contrast, the UK only stated on Wednesday It will soon begin to expand its vaccine supply to over 16 years old.
Non-EU countries, including the UAE, Singapore, Bahrain, Uruguay, Chile, and Canada, in terms of the percentage of people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, the situation is better than that of the United Kingdom and most EU countries, except Malta.
The EU government’s big stick method, coupled with the lowering of the age limit for vaccination, experienced catastrophic consequences in the first few months of the EU campaign, as the supply began to rise rapidly in April, and then steadily declined since June.
In March, with the introduction of the British vaccine, The World Health Organization compares it to a disadvantage with Europe, It criticized it as “unacceptably slow.”
After choosing not to compete with each other but to buy as a whole, 27 people first agreed European Commission – Without any experience in such a large-scale public health procurement work – they should be responsible for their collective order.
However, the committee needs time to ensure the authorization of all members, as well as lengthy negotiations with vaccine manufacturers. Then the European Union regulator, the European Medicines Agency, took time to approve the vaccine.
Next, the group ordered 300 million doses of AstraZeneca from it in the first two quarters of 2021, but failed to deliver a small portion of it. Rare blood clotting problems caused the suspension of the vaccine in many countries and weakened public confidence. .
However, since then-mainly due to the large supply of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines in April-the European Union’s vaccination campaign has resumed. “The catch-up process was very successful,” Ursula Vonderlein, the chairman of the committee, said last week.
However, even within the entire group, it is far from being successful: poorer member countries such as Romania and Bulgaria have insufficient resources for public health services compared to richer neighbors such as Germany and the Netherlands, and are struggling, respectively. 26% and 15% of their population received at least one dose of the vaccine.
