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The slow vaccination campaigns in many European countries are protracting the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Europe office of the World Health Organization (WHO).</p>
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WHO regional director Hans Henri Kluge said the vaccine roll-out was &quot;unacceptably slow&quot;, reports DPA news agency.</p>
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&quot;Let me be clear, we must speed up the process by ramping up manufacturing, reducing barriers to administering vaccines, and using every single vial we have in stock, now,&quot; Kluge said.</p>
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&quot;And as long as coverage remains low, we need to apply the same public health and social measures as we have in the past.&quot;</p>
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Ultimately, vaccines were the &quot;best way out of this pandemic&quot;, said Kluge.</p>
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WHO Europe counts more than 50 countries as belonging to the continent.</p>
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In this area, only 10 per cent of the total population have received their first jab, and only 4 per cent are fully vaccinated with two shots.</p>
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Accelerating vaccinations was now decisive, while the number of new infections in the European region increases in all population groups except people over 80, said Kluge&#39;s office.</p>
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With 1.6 million new cases and 24,000 deaths last week, the majority of countries in Europe are currently seeing a rise in infections which was very worrying, the office said.</p>
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(<em>IANS)</em></p>
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