Kluge also said that the Delta variant could become the dominant strain in WHO's European region, which is made up of 53 countries and territories - including several in Central Asia - by August.
The regional director said that the vaccine roll-out was nowhere near where it needed to be to offer the necessary protection. Vaccines have been shown to also protect against the Delta variant, but a high level of protection requires two doses.Kluge said that the average vaccine coverage in the WHO's European region was 24 per cent, and half of elderly people and 40 per cent of healthcare workers were still unprotected.
"That is unacceptable, and that is far from the recommended 80 per cent coverage of the adult population," Kluge said.
Take Delta Variant seriously , they need to be less complacent
You cannot expect a dangerously evolving virus to be so easily contained by some mere humans objections. Viruses need to have a life too. Your life. Sad.
Long live Covid - 19.