“Although we have come far, we have not come far enough,” Hans Kluge, the WHO’s regional director for Europe, told a press conference. “Vaccination coverage is far from sufficient to protect the region from a resurgence. The distance to go before reaching at least 80 percent coverage of the adult population is still considerable,” Kluge added. WHO Europe director Hans Kluge. “Over the course of last summer, cases gradually rose in younger age groups and then moved into older age groups, contributing to a devastating resurgence, lockdowns and loss of life, in the autumn and winter of 2020,” Kluge said.

Source: The Local June 10, 2021 09:56 UTC