The EU has achieved its goal of fully vaccinating 70% of adults-but the distribution is very unequal

• The EU has achieved the goal of fully vaccinating 70% of adults by the end of summer, vaccinating more than 256 million adults.
• However, there are still huge differences between countries, with 82.4% of people in Portugal fully vaccinated, while only one-fifth of adults in Bulgaria are fully vaccinated.
• According to the CDC, in the United States, 63.5% of adults are fully vaccinated, while in the United Kingdom, 78.7% of adults 16 years of age and older received two doses of the vaccine.
• In South Africa, 24% of adults are vaccinated.
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According to the European Commission, the European Union has achieved the goal of fully vaccinating 70% of adults by the end of the northern hemisphere summer.in a statement A report released on Tuesday stated that more than 256 million adults in EU countries have completed vaccine courses.

However, there are still huge differences among the entire 27 country group, with higher income countries in the Western Group having higher vaccination rates.

For example, the vaccination rates in Portugal, Denmark, and France are 82.4%, 83.5%, and 72.5%, respectively. European Center for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine TrackerBut in poorer Eastern European countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, and Slovakia, this number is much lower. The vaccination rates in these countries are 20%, 31.9%, and 49%, respectively.

“The pandemic is not over yet,” European Commission President Ursula von der Lein said on Tuesday.In separate tweetShe wrote, “We need more Europeans to get vaccinated. We also need to help other parts of the world get vaccinated.”

European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides (Stella Kyriakides) also called for “narrowing the immunization gap and the door to new variants.”

The latest news came as Hans Kluge, the European Director of the World Health Organization, warned in a statement statement As the spread increased, more people died of Covid-19 in the area on Monday.

“Last week, the number of deaths in the region increased by 11%-a reliable prediction is that by December 1st, there will be 236,000 deaths in Europe,” Kruger said.

America Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Indicates that 63.5% of adults over the age of 18 in the United States have been fully vaccinated. In contrast, 78.7% of people over the age of 16 in the UK have already received a second dose of the vaccine. UK government data.