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"At least 1.4 million lives were saved in Europe due to safe and effective
COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s European regional
office said on Tuesday.
This was according to a new WHO study released on a preprint server analysing
the influence of COVID-19 vaccines in 34 countries - all but one - in Europe.
COVID-19 vaccines reduced deaths by 57 per cent between December 2020 when the
vaccine rollouts began and March 2023, the study found.
The cumulative death toll in the European region, which currently sits at 2.5
million lives, could have reached nearly 4 million people without vaccines, the
WHO said.
“Just think about it today and the 1.4 million people in our region, most of
them elderly, who are around to enjoy life with their loved ones because they
took the vital decision to be vaccinated against COVID-19,” said Dr Hans Kluge,
WHO’s European regional director.
“This is the power of vaccines. The evidence is irrefutable,” he added.
He recommended once again that people who are at risk for severe COVID-19, such
as those who are older or immunocompromised, get a booster vaccination six to
12 months after their most recent dose.
The study estimated, in particular, that 96 per cent of those whose lives were
saved due to vaccination were over the age of 60."
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: January 18, 2024
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-96725565
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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