BERLIN, April 22 (Reuters) - Europe took delivery of, and
administered, nearly 17 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines last
week, according to a regular monitoring report that showed that
a total of 116 million shots had been given as the region's
campaign picks up.
A total of 134 million doses have been sent to countries in
the European Union and European Economic Area, working out at
35.9 doses per 100 inhabitants, the European Centre for Disease
Prevention and Control (ECDC) said.
The figures were contained in the ECDC's weekly report https://covid19-vaccine-report.ecdc.europa.eu,
which was published on Thursday and covered the week ending
last Sunday.
Its separate Vaccine Tracker https://vaccinetracker.ecdc.europa.eu/public/extensions/COVID-19/vaccine-tracker.html#distribution-tab,
an online dashboard that is updated more often, showed on
Thursday that 135 million doses had been sent to the EU and EEA
in total, of which 117 million had been administered.
On average, 23.3% of adults in the EU and EEA have received
a first shot by last Sunday while 8.4% have been fully
vaccinated, typically by getting a second injection.
By contrast, 62% of Israelis have received at least one dose
of COVID-19 vaccine, 49% in Britain and 40% in the United
States, according to Our World In Data https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations.
(Reporting by Douglas Busvine
Editing by Gareth Jones)
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