Covid-19 vaccines have saved the lives of more than a million people since the end of 2020 in Europe, according to a scientific report by the World Organisation of Health (WHO) published on Monday.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic around three years ago, more than two million people in the WHO Europe area have died from Covid-19. Despite that high number "more than a million lives have been saved" thanks to vaccines, a WHO report showed.
The figures are calculated on the basis of mortality rates and doses of vaccine administered in 26 countries. Most of the people (96%) saved by the vaccines were over the age of 60, according to the report, and a large number of deaths was averted, especially during the Omicron wave. The number of lives saved by vaccination during this specific period has been estimated at just under 570,000.
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Despite the fact that Covid-19 updates are no longer prevalent in the daily news, the director of the WHO for Europe Richard Pebody again called on those who have not (yet) been vaccinated to get a shot.
The WHO European region comprises 53 countries, including Russia and several countries in the Caucasus and Central Asia, in addition to member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area.
