WHO NOVEMBER 2021 REPORT ON COVID

The European branch of the World Health Organization warns that up to  700,000 more may die from Covid-19 by March 22 in Europe and Central Asia in addition to the 1.5 million who have already succumbed to the virus. Europe is by far the region currently worst hit by the virus.

The WHO said it expected "high or extreme stress" in intensive care units (ICUs) in 49 out of the 53 countries that comprise its European region this winter.

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) on Wednesday said its modelling predicted an equally grim outcome unless measures were taken "urgently".

Under 70 percent of the overall population in the EU and the European Economic Area (Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) have been fully vaccinated. In the EU overall, 67.7 percent of the population is fully vaccinated but vaccination levels vary widely between countries.

Countries in central and eastern Europe are meanwhile those currently seeing the highest number of deaths, due to low vaccination rates.

% Population Fully Vaccinated

1. Lithuania: 63.2
2. Latvia: 68.8
3. Hungary: 59.6
4. Estonia: 58.8
5. Czech Republic: 58.7
6. Slovenia: 54.3
7. Poland: 53.5
8. Croatia: 47.0
9. Serbia: 44.7
10. Slovakia: 42.8
11. Montenegro: 40.6
12. Kosovo: 40.4
13. North Macedonia: 37.9
14. Russia: 37.5
15. Moldova: 35.1
16. Albania: 33.2
17. Romania: 30.7
18. Bulgaria: 24.7
19. Belarus: 25.8
20. Ukraine: 23.2
21. Bosnia & Herzegovina: 22.0