A man receives the vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech in Saint Denis near Paris on January 18, 2021. -
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A useful tool for monitoring vaccination in Europe.
The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Monday launched a tool to track Covid-19 vaccinations across Europe, giving an overview of the evolution of vaccination campaigns in each country.
The ECDC, which brings together the 27 countries of the European Union as well as Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland, published in the morning on its website a first series of data, however still incomplete.
At least 8 million Europeans vaccinated
While Member States must report their figures twice a week, some, including France, have not yet provided national data.
According to data so far collected by the agency, 8.23 million doses of vaccines have been administered in its member states - although the number is actually much higher, she warns.
“In this first phase of immunization campaigns, tracking the number of doses distributed to countries and doses received by individuals provides useful insights into the progress of vaccine deployment and the progress of immunization campaigns,” he explained. 'ECDC in a statement.
"It also provides first indicative estimates on vaccine use for the first and second dose for each population targeted by national vaccination recommendations," the center also said.
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