About 25 million doses of vaccines in 35 European countries, new variant strains are more uncertain
On January 28, local time, Hans Kruger, Director of the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe, held an online press conference in Copenhagen, saying that on the one hand, vaccines bring great hope; on the other hand, new emerging The mutant strain of the new coronavirus brings greater uncertainty and risks.
He said that 35 countries in Europe have started vaccination, and a total of about 25 million doses have been given.
However, there are now more worrying mutant strains of the new coronavirus, which has increased the pressure on the vaccination task.
People's needs for vaccine development, production and fair distribution have not been met as quickly as expected.
Hans pointed out that as of now, there are more than 100 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the world, but one third of the confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia are in Europe.
Hans said that in the face of new and more infectious mutated strains of the new coronavirus, people need to continue to be vigilant and patient, and insist on taking necessary epidemic prevention measures to prevent the health system from being affected by waves of more infectious viruses. Defeated.
(Headquarters reporter Hao Xiaoli)