Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 9th August. World health agency in a new study released on Thursday confirmed that vaccines do indeed save lives as Europe confronts a rise in COVID-19 infections during the summer.
The study found that from the time they were introduced in December 2020 through to March 2023, COVID-19 vaccines reduced deaths due to the pandemic by nearly 60 per cent.
WHO stressed that more than 1.6 million lives were saved in the WHO European Region, which comprises 53 countries.
The report revealed that the COVID-19 death toll in the region, 2.2 million, might have been as high as 4 million without the vaccines.
Dr. Margaux Meslé, author of the study, which was published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal said “The results are clear: COVID-19 vaccination saves lives,”.
“Without the enormous vaccination effort, we would have seen many more livelihoods disrupted and families losing the most vulnerable among them,” she added.
WHO said the findings are valid as several European countries have reported an uptick in cases in recent weeks, or “a summer wave of COVID-19”.
The agency said this serves as “a timely reminder that while COVID-19 is fading into distant memory for millions of people, the virus has not gone away.”
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