Six months since the European Union began its vaccine rollout Brussels says it is on track to meet its target of vaccinating 70% of the population before the end of July, with 58% of Europeans having already received one dose.
In Belgium and Malta, 71% of the population have already received one jab, but in Bulgaria that figure is just 16%.
All member states started with an age-based strategy, making the most vulnerable a priority, but Edoardo Colzani, from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), says this isn’t the only way to vaccinate populations effectively.
Six months since the European Union began its vaccine rollout Brussels says it is on track to meet its target of vaccinating 70% of the population before the end of July, with 58% of Europeans having already received one dose.
In Belgium and Malta, 71% of the population have already received one jab, but in Bulgaria that figure is just 16%.
All member states started with an age-based strategy, making the most vulnerable a priority, but Edoardo Colzani, from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), says this isn’t the only way to vaccinate populations effectively.
“There is not a single strategy that works better in all contexts and in all places. Whichever strategy, it needs to take into account the situation, the supply of the vaccine, the population at risk, and the epidemiological situation of the disease at any said moment,” Colzani told Euronews.
