Vaccines: In the EU, 45% of adults are immunized with two doses
Vaccines, in Italy over 60 million doses administered
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July 17, 2021 55.5% against 55.4%. In these percentages, the European Union overtakes the United States for people vaccinated against Covid with at least one dose. The announcement on twitter of the European commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton. "We promised" and now "it's done", he writes, stressing that Europe thus becomes "the first continent" in the world for the administration of the first dose of vaccine.
"All this - he adds - by exporting half of our production to over 100 countries. Effectiveness and solidarity, an achievement we can be proud of".
Not only has the 🇪🇺 overpassed the 🇺🇸 in 1st dose vaccination - we did so by remaining #open and exporting half of our production to 100+ countries.
🔜 we'll be world's most vaccinated continent AND world's # 1 exporter. # Efficiency & #solidarity - A feat we can be proud of.
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- Thierry Breton (@ThierryBreton) July 17, 2021