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Covid: Serbia second in Europe for vaccines doses per 100
New cases and deaths again down in Central- and Eastern Europe
03 February, 12:09
(by Stefano Giantin)
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, FEB 3 - While the number of new cases
continues to decline in Central- and Eastern Europe, the number
of vaccinations is slowly increasing in the region, with Serbia
still leading in the area for doses administered per 100 people.
Serbia started vaccinating on December 24, 2020, before countries in the EU, using the Pfizer jab. It accelerated its mass vaccination campaign after receiving one million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. Last week Serbia received also another batch of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. Almost 500,000 persons in Serbia received a dose by February 1.
According to official data collected by the portal Our World in Data, updated as of February 1, Serbia (with 6.43 doses per 100 people) is now second in Europe after the United Kingdom (14.42) for COVID-19 vaccination doses administered per 100 people (4,5). In Central- and Eastern Europe, the countries that are vaccinating at the fastest pace are currently Romania (3.75 doses per 100 people), Slovenia (3.67), Lithuania (3.52), Poland (3.25), Hungary (3.23) and Germany (2.95), against 3.36 in Italy.
Countries in Central- and Eastern Europe observed another decline in new coronavirus cases and deaths in the week ending January 31, show data from the latest epidemiological update of the World Health Organization (WHO).
According to the WHO epidemiological update, a total of 319,534 new COVID-19 cases -7,7% compared to last week) and 12,267 new deaths (-10.1% week-on-week) were reported by the countries in the Balkans and in Central- and Eastern Europe to the World Health Organization (WHO) through January 31, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 9,957,981 and of deaths to 224,536.
According to WHO data, in the past week the countries across Central- and Eastern Europe that reported more new cases were Germany (81427), Czechia (47157), Poland (37940), Ukraine (27643), Romania (17724), Slovakia (13437) and Serbia (11612).
The countries across the region that reported more new deaths last week were Germany (5075), Poland (1817), Czechia (939), Ukraine (846), Slovakia (574), Hungary (556) and Romania (542).
In Central- and Eastern Europe, the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic were reported in Germany (56945), Poland (37180), Ukraine (22707), Romania (18264), Czechia (16308) and Hungary (12524).
Slovenia remains the country in the region with the highest ratio between deaths and population, with 181 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population, compared to 146 in Italy, followed by Czechia (152) Bosnia-Herzegovina (143), North Macedonia (137), Hungary and Bulgaria (both 130), while the lowest rate is observed in Belarus (18).
In Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 2,141,602 confirmed cumulative cases (+60,480) and 51,271 deaths (+1,549) were registered as of January 31. (ANSA).
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Serbia started vaccinating on December 24, 2020, before countries in the EU, using the Pfizer jab. It accelerated its mass vaccination campaign after receiving one million doses of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine. Last week Serbia received also another batch of the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. Almost 500,000 persons in Serbia received a dose by February 1.
According to official data collected by the portal Our World in Data, updated as of February 1, Serbia (with 6.43 doses per 100 people) is now second in Europe after the United Kingdom (14.42) for COVID-19 vaccination doses administered per 100 people (4,5). In Central- and Eastern Europe, the countries that are vaccinating at the fastest pace are currently Romania (3.75 doses per 100 people), Slovenia (3.67), Lithuania (3.52), Poland (3.25), Hungary (3.23) and Germany (2.95), against 3.36 in Italy.
Countries in Central- and Eastern Europe observed another decline in new coronavirus cases and deaths in the week ending January 31, show data from the latest epidemiological update of the World Health Organization (WHO).
According to the WHO epidemiological update, a total of 319,534 new COVID-19 cases -7,7% compared to last week) and 12,267 new deaths (-10.1% week-on-week) were reported by the countries in the Balkans and in Central- and Eastern Europe to the World Health Organization (WHO) through January 31, bringing the cumulative total of cases to 9,957,981 and of deaths to 224,536.
According to WHO data, in the past week the countries across Central- and Eastern Europe that reported more new cases were Germany (81427), Czechia (47157), Poland (37940), Ukraine (27643), Romania (17724), Slovakia (13437) and Serbia (11612).
The countries across the region that reported more new deaths last week were Germany (5075), Poland (1817), Czechia (939), Ukraine (846), Slovakia (574), Hungary (556) and Romania (542).
In Central- and Eastern Europe, the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic were reported in Germany (56945), Poland (37180), Ukraine (22707), Romania (18264), Czechia (16308) and Hungary (12524).
Slovenia remains the country in the region with the highest ratio between deaths and population, with 181 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population, compared to 146 in Italy, followed by Czechia (152) Bosnia-Herzegovina (143), North Macedonia (137), Hungary and Bulgaria (both 130), while the lowest rate is observed in Belarus (18).
In Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Romania and in the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Albania) 2,141,602 confirmed cumulative cases (+60,480) and 51,271 deaths (+1,549) were registered as of January 31. (ANSA).
