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Booster shots could reduce future hospitalisations in Europe by at least half a million, the European Union’s public health agency said on Thursday, even as the Omicron variant spreads at an unprecedented pace.
“The current uptake of a booster dose achieved by early January may reduce future Omicron hospital admissions by 500,000 - 800,000” in Europe, the European Centre for Disease prevention and Control (ECDC) said.
The figures cover the 27-nation EU plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
Currently about 70 per cent of the EU’s population of 450 million has been fully vaccinated and half of them have received a booster.
“Extending the booster programme to all previously vaccinated individuals could reduce admissions by another 300,000 - 500,000,” the ECDC said.
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“Whilst in some Member States, the peak of infection appears to have been reached recently, the pandemic is not over,” EU health commissioner Stella Kyriakides added.
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