“Vaccines present our best way out of this pandemic… However, the rollout of these vaccines is unacceptably slow,” WHO director for Europe Hans Kluge said in a statement. The WHO’s European region comprises 53 countries and territories and includes Russia and several Central Asian nations. As of Thursday, more than 152 million doses have been injected in the WHO European region, representing 25.5 percent of doses administered worldwide, according to AFP’s database. The WHO European region is home to 12 percent of the world’s population. (article continues below) See also on The Local:On average, 0.31 percent of the population in the European region receives a dose every day.

Source: The Local April 01, 2021 12:00 UTC