![]() ![]() Petersburg, Russia told the Post that the "resistance from the population is huge."Ĭonspiracy theories about both COVID and the vaccine are fueling hesitancy in Bulgaria, too. "Misinformation is spreading as fast as the virus," King said. In Russia, where "recorded infections are at their highest levels yet," vaccine hesitancy is likely a result of distrust in the government and in the "vaccines themslves," writes the Post, per Elizabeth King, a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. About 57 percent of citizens in the Czech Republic, a rate similar to that of the United States, have received both doses. The European Union's overall 65 percent vaccination rate is "buoyed in part" by uptake in heavily-vaccinated countries like Portugal, but "bogged down by lagging efforts" elsewhere.įor example, only a third of the population in Romania is fully vaccinated. ![]() "And it is massive." Germany's vaccination rate falls slighly behind Britain and France's, per the Post. "We are currently experiencing a pandemic mainly among the unvaccinated," said German Health Minister Jens Spahn at a recent news conference. NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty ImageĪmid rising infections and a resurgence in cases, some parts of Europe - Central and Eastern Europe, namely - are battling vaccine hesitancy issues of their own, The Washington Post reports. ![]()
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