A complete of 654 lives amongst these aged 60 years and over have been saved in Cyprus for the reason that begin of Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in 33 international locations throughout the WHO European Area.
On the similar time, 55% of anticipated deaths in Cyprus as a result of Covid-19 have been averted by vaccination.
That is what a brand new examine by the European Centre for Illness Prevention and Management (ECDC) revealed this week in Eurosurveillance exhibits.
The 33 international locations analysed are: Cyprus, Iceland, Israel Norway, Malta, Spain, Finland, Eire, England, Portugal, Greece, France, Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, Sweden, Hungary, Lithuania, Switzerland, Estonia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Poland, Czechia, Croatia, Latvia, Romania, Slovakia, Moldova, Ukraine and Scotland.
Eurosurveillance estimates that 470,000 lives have been saved in these international locations for the reason that begin of the vaccination roll-out.
This estimate doesn’t embrace lives saved by vaccinating folks lower than 60 years nor lives saved from the oblique impact of vaccination due to a discount in transmission.
Since December 2019 over 1.5 million SARS-CoV-2 confirmed fatalities have been recorded within the international locations of the WHO European Area, with 90.2% in these aged 60 years and over.
The fast growth and administration of Covid-19 vaccines has supplied much-needed safety from extreme illness and demise for hundreds of thousands of probably the most susceptible.