European response to COVID-19 vaccination campaigns remains particularly low, according to a new report by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which maps vaccination coverage across the European Union and the European Economic Area for the period from August 1, 2025 to March 27, 2026.
The data shows that public response to national campaigns was limited even among age groups at greatest risk of severe illness. Specifically, only 19 of 30 countries submitted data to the ECDC, while median vaccination coverage stood at 6.4% for people aged 60 and over and 11.4% for those aged 80 and over, with wide variation between member states.
Cyprus recorded one of the lowest vaccination rates among the countries that submitted data to the ECDC. Specifically, only 0.7% of people aged 60 to 69 were vaccinated, along with 1.7% of those aged 70 to 79 and just 2.3% of those aged 80 and over. No data was submitted on vaccination coverage among healthcare workers, people with chronic illnesses, or pregnant women.
At European level, around 13.9 million citizens over 60 received one vaccine dose during the reference period, of whom 4.6 million were aged over 80. However, only one country managed to vaccinate more than 50% of its population aged 60 and over, while just six countries exceeded that rate among citizens aged over 80.
The ECDC notes in its report that the data should be interpreted with caution, since there are differences in how countries record their data, and vaccination campaigns were still ongoing at the time the data was collected.
Despite these caveats, the ECDC states that participation in COVID-19 vaccination remains low at European level.