BRUSSELS: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday that 70 per cent of adults in the bloc have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
Overall, 57 per cent of over-18s are now fully vaccinated across the 27 nations, she said in a statement. “These figures put Europe among the world leaders,” von der Leyen said. “But we need to keep up the effort.” The European Commission president sounded a warning over the “very dangerous” Delta variant of the virus that has increasingly taken hold on the continent and seen infection rates begin to tick up again.
“I therefore call on everyone — who has the opportunity — to be vaccinated. For their own health and to protect others,” she said.
The European Commission—which has been in charge of securing vaccinations for the bloc—had earlier set the target of getting 70 per cent of adults fully vaccinated by the end of summer. Von der Leyen said on July 10 that the EU had delivered enough vaccines to reach that level. The inoculation drive in the bloc has picked up speed dramatically after a bumpy start due to supply shortfalls that saw it lag behind pacesetters like the United States, Britain and Israel.
According to the schedule, candidates filed their nomination papers from March 16 to 18
Earlier, Pervez Elahi was admitted to Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology due to chest pains
Ahsan Iqbal shared that the digital revolution currently under process in the global arena will completely...
These American projects have dramatically increased the nation’s electricity capacity
The 1,530 MW 5th Extension Hydropower Project T-5 is being funded by the World Bank to the tune of US$390 million
The sources said that committees of the two houses would also be formed in the month of April