"At the moment, we (all EU countries. -

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) have received about 50 million doses of vaccine, of which 29 million doses have been used, that is, we vaccinated (with one dose. -

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) about 6.4% of our population," TASS quotes von der Leyen.

According to her, “if we discard children and adolescents,” the EU has already vaccinated more than 8% of the adult population.

The head of the European Commission also confirmed that in the coming months the European Commission expects a significant increase in the number of vaccine doses supplied to the EU from all suppliers.

Earlier, Ursula von der Leyen clarified the goal of the vaccination strategy against coronavirus infection COVID-19 in the European Union.