Covid vaccine scheme 'unacceptably slow' in Europe, says WHO
by Jon Henley and Kim Willsher in Paris and Philip Ol from World news | The Guardian on (#5G1XH)
Hans Kluge urges ramping up of manufacturing and asks governments to share excess shots
Europe's vaccination campaign is unacceptably slow" and rising infection rates in most countries across the continent mean its coronavirus situation is more worrying than we have seen in several months", the World Health Organization has said.
After France announced tougher restrictions nationwide and Italy extended its curbs until the end of the month, the WHO regional director, Hans Kluge, said on Thursday that new cases in Europe had surged from fewer than 1m a week to about 1.6m a week.
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