Von der Leyen: COVID vaccine doses left unused
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen warned on Tuesday that “more and more” COVID-19 vaccine doses are left unused. “Part of this is linked to increased deliveries that we have, but part is certainly also linked to vaccination hesitancy, but also part of it is linked to organizational issues,” she explained, noting that “the struggle is on” to maintain a high pace of immunization “as we reach the more and more skeptical part of the population.”
On the subject of economic recovery, Von der Leyen said the Commission will work with the incoming Slovenian EU presidency “to ensure that as many national recovery and resilience plans as possible are being adopted before the end of July, and the rest as quickly as possible thereafter.” She added that “a good and stable epidemiological situation is a precondition for a sustained economic recovery,” expressing concern about the spread of the Delta variant.
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