1 in 4 EU Adults Receives at Least One Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine

Medical staff are administering the AZ vaccine. [Image source=Yonhap News]

One in four adults in the European Union (EU) has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

According to Bloomberg on the 27th, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, told members of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, the day before that 129 million vaccine doses have been administered within the EU so far, stating, "Approximately 26% of adults have received at least one dose."

Earlier, President von der Leyen said that the EU's vaccination campaign is on track and expressed confidence that enough vaccines will be secured to vaccinate 70% of the adult population in the EU by the end of July.

According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), as of the 26th, 24.2% of adults in the 27 EU member states have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 8.9% are fully vaccinated.

The pace of vaccination within EU member states has lagged significantly behind that of the United States and the United Kingdom due to delays in supply of the AstraZeneca (AZ) vaccine from multinational pharmaceutical companies and concerns over some cases of blood clots, causing disruptions to the plan.

However, increased supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine from the United States and Germany has partially offset these issues.

Recently, the European Commission announced that it will receive 50 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, originally scheduled for delivery at the end of this year, earlier than planned in the second quarter, with shipments starting this month.

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