{"id":19318,"date":"2023-04-17T06:53:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T06:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/?p=19318"},"modified":"2023-04-17T06:53:29","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T06:53:29","slug":"over-1-million-lives-saved-across-europe-by-covid-19-vaccines-since-the-end-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/over-1-million-lives-saved-across-europe-by-covid-19-vaccines-since-the-end-of-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 1 million lives saved across Europe by COVID-19 vaccines since the end of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-bg-style-scroll  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling   container_wrap fullsize' style=' '  ><div class='container' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-19318'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center\"><!--Begin ClixTrac.com Banner Code -->\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/goto\/?311442\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/clixtrac.com\/banner\/311442.jpg\" alt=\"Bio-Rad - Preparing for a Stress-free QC Audit\" title=\"Bio-Rad - Preparing for a Stress-free QC Audit\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\r\n<!--End ClixTrac.com Banner Code --><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_three_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><header class=\"entry-content-header\"><h1 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"headline\">Over 1 million lives saved across Europe by COVID-19 vaccines since the end of 2020<\/h1><span class=\"post-meta-infos\">\/ <span class=\"blog-categories minor-meta\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/e-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">E-News<\/a>  <\/span><\/span><\/header>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><ul>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Over 1 million lives saved across Europe by COVID-19 vaccines since the end of 2020<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on mortality in people with intellectual disabilities extended beyond deaths from COVID itself (<i>The Lancet Public Health<\/i>)<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Long COVID incidence and severity no worse than post viral syndrome following seasonal influenza, study suggests<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Metagenomic sequencing outperforms conventional tests to identify antimicrobial resistance in bloodstream infections<\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><b>\u00a0<\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Details of how the gut microbiota changes in the first months of life revealed by Italian study<\/span><\/b><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><em><b>New <\/b><b>research shows that 95% of all lives saved were in adults aged 60 and older<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b>**Note: the release below is from the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology &amp; Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2023, Copenhagen,<\/b> <b>15-18 April<u>)<\/u>.**<\/b><\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 vaccination directly saved at least 1,004,927 lives across Europe between December 2020 and March 2023, according to new research being presented at this year\u2019s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology &amp; Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark (15-18 April).<\/p>\n<p>The new estimates by WHO\/Europe and presented at the conference by Dr Margaux Mesl\u00e9, \u00a0Epidemiologist at WHO\/Europe highlight the striking impact of COVID-19 vaccine programmes and also underscore the urgent need for countries with low vaccination coverage to fully vaccinate their older adults.<\/p>\n<p>Since the emergence and subsequent spread of SARS-CoV-2 in early 2020, over 2 million COVID-19 laboratory-confirmed deaths have been officially recorded by WHO\/Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Countries in the WHO European Region (which includes all countries in the European Union and European Economic Area) have introduced COVID-19 vaccine programmes to protect vulnerable groups from severe disease with several waves of variants of concern (VOC).<\/p>\n<p>The authors used weekly reported deaths and vaccination doses by 26 countries and areas to WHO\/Europe and the European Centre for Disease prevention and Control between December 2020 and March 2023, to calculate the number of lives saved by vaccination dose, VOC period, age group (25 to 49 years, 50 to 59 years and 60 years or older) and country.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccine effectiveness was considered in the context of each dominant VOC period.<\/p>\n<p>The new estimates suggest that the majority (96%) of the lives saved were in people aged 60 years and older.<\/p>\n<p>In this older age group, the first booster saved the most lives, accounting for almost two-thirds (64%) of lives saved.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, across all age groups and countries, vaccines are estimated to have saved the largest number of lives during the Omicron wave, with at least 568,064 deaths prevented. This represents over half (57%) of the lives saved.<\/p>\n<p>This research did not consider the indirect effects of vaccinations, differing healthcare capacities between countries and non-pharmaceutical interventions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see from our research, the large numbers of lives saved by COVID-19 vaccines across Europe during the pandemic. However, too many people in vulnerable groups across the WHO European Region remain unvaccinated or partially vaccinated. We urge people who are eligible and who have not yet taken the vaccine to do so,&#8221; says Dr Richard Pebody, Head of the High Threat Pathogen Team at WHO\/Europe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>For full abstract click <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/18Q58-zOcz2Z_BZX4YwJ19oekSqwAkk24\/view?usp=share_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='av-social-sharing-box  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  av-social-sharing-box-minimal '><div class='av-share-box'><h5 class='av-share-link-description av-no-toc '>Share this<\/h5><ul class='av-share-box-list noLightbox'><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/over-1-million-lives-saved-across-europe-by-covid-19-vaccines-since-the-end-of-2020\/&#038;t=Over%201%20million%20lives%20saved%20across%20Europe%20by%20COVID-19%20vaccines%20since%20the%20end%20of%202020\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-av_icon=\"\ue8f3\" data-av_iconfont=\"entypo-fontello\" title=\"\" data-avia-related-tooltip=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=Over%201%20million%20lives%20saved%20across%20Europe%20by%20COVID-19%20vaccines%20since%20the%20end%20of%202020&#038;url=https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/?p=19318\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-av_icon=\"\ue8f1\" data-av_iconfont=\"entypo-fontello\" title=\"\" data-avia-related-tooltip=\"Share on Twitter\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-whatsapp' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on WhatsApp\" href=\"https:\/\/api.whatsapp.com\/send?text=https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/over-1-million-lives-saved-across-europe-by-covid-19-vaccines-since-the-end-of-2020\/\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-av_icon=\"\uf232\" data-av_iconfont=\"entypo-fontello\" title=\"\" data-avia-related-tooltip=\"Share on WhatsApp\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on WhatsApp<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin' ><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Share on LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;title=Over%201%20million%20lives%20saved%20across%20Europe%20by%20COVID-19%20vaccines%20since%20the%20end%20of%202020&#038;url=https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/over-1-million-lives-saved-across-europe-by-covid-19-vaccines-since-the-end-of-2020\/\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-av_icon=\"\ue8fc\" data-av_iconfont=\"entypo-fontello\" title=\"\" data-avia-related-tooltip=\"Share on LinkedIn\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-mail' ><a  aria-label=\"Share by Mail\" href='mailto:?subject=Over%201%20million%20lives%20saved%20across%20Europe%20by%20COVID-19%20vaccines%20since%20the%20end%20of%202020&#038;body=https:\/\/clinlabint.com\/over-1-million-lives-saved-across-europe-by-covid-19-vaccines-since-the-end-of-2020\/' aria-hidden='false' data-av_icon='\ue805' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share by Mail'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share by Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_fifth  av-hide-on-mobile  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  \" style='border-radius:0px; 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