The World Health Organization (WHO) deplored, Thursday April 1, the "unacceptable" slowness of vaccination against Covid-19 in Europe, which is facing the "most worrying" epidemic situation for "months" .
"The slow pace of vaccination prolongs the pandemic", deplores the European branch of the UN organization, stressing that the number of new cases in Europe has risen sharply over the past five weeks.
"Vaccines are our best way out of the pandemic. Not only do they work, but they are also very effective in limiting infections. Nevertheless, the deployment of these vaccines is unacceptably slow," said the director of the WHO Europe, Hans Kluge, quoted in press release.
“Let me be clear: we need to speed up the process by scaling up production, reducing barriers to vaccine delivery, and using whatever dose we have in stock,” he said.
"Currently the regional situation is the most worrying that we have observed for several months", worries the health official.
In the WHO Europe zone, which includes some fifty countries including Russia and several Central Asian states, the number of new deaths exceeded 24,000 last week and is "rapidly" approaching the million mark. , depending on the organization.
The number of new weekly cases reached 1.6 million, while it had fallen below one million just five weeks ago, points out the WHO.
With AFP
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