EU "Over 50% of Adults in Member States Fully Vaccinated"

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission [Image source=Reuters Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suhwan] The European Union (EU) announced that more than half of the adult population within the region has completed COVID-19 vaccination.

On the 13th (local time), Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, stated on Twitter that more than half of all adults in the EU have finished receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.

According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), as of the 13th, 63.9% of adults in the 27 EU member countries have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 44.9% have completed the full vaccination.

However, the Brussels Times reported that since each member country reports related figures over different periods and it takes time for the ECDC to reflect collected data in the website statistics, there may be discrepancies between the latest figures from each country and the ECDC data.

President von der Leyen also emphasized that vaccination is important to stay safe from variant viruses and to avoid new COVID-19 outbreaks.

On the 10th, the European Commission announced that a sufficient amount of vaccines had been delivered to member countries to vaccinate at least 70% of the adult population within the region.

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