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First-wave champion Greece stumbles at vaccine roll-out
It is perhaps because of the euphoria brought by tourism – both the ability of Greeks themselves to enjoy a holiday, and the positive impact on the national economy - that the general public has been willing to tolerate daily case numbers averaging between 2,000 and 3,000 throughout the summer, and double-digit daily fatalities climbing above 40 going into September, which experts have taken to describing as “a busload of people going off a cliff every day”.
Contributor: Georgia Nakou
Categories: Europe (262), Politics (346), Society (117), Greece (441)
Tear gas instead of vaccines
With only 48% of the population vaccinated, the impermissible missteps of the expert COVID-19 staff and with mass anti-vaccination protests, it is obvious that the vaccination campaign in Slovenia was extremely unsuccessful.
Contributor: Biljana Žikić
Categories: Europe (262), Politics (346), Society (117)
Why is it taking so long for the pandemic to end in North Macedonia?
At the beginning of the pandemic, we estimated that it would probably last for two years. Today, a year and seven months later, I’m wondering if that will be the case with North Macedonia.
Contributor: Haris Babačić
Categories: Europe (262), Politics (346), Society (117)
Beyond conspiracy theories: How mismanagement shaped vaccination in Albania
While June had seemed like the moment Albania had turned the corner, with infection rates dropping in the single digits, by the end of July (after a record number of visitors had entered Albania, surpassing pre-pandemic numbers), the tide had turned. In August, the number of daily cases reached just shy of 1,000.
Contributor: Barbara Halla
Categories: Europe (262), Politics (346), Society (117)
Lack of vaccines led to panic in B&H, yet now they are going to waste
With considerable lack of trust and a strong influence of opponents to vaccination, but also the fact that Bosnia and Herzegovina was quite late to start mass immunization, the percentage of vaccinated citizens is extremely low. The latest data indicate that as little as 12 percent of the adult population i.e., every eighth inhabitant, is fully vaccinated, and Bosnia and Herzegovina tops the ranking in Europe in terms of the number of deaths per million inhabitants.
Contributor: Mladen Obrenovic
Categories: Europe (262), Politics (346), Society (117)