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Covid Infections Surge Across Europe

November 7, 2021 at 3:34 pm EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

The WHO warned that Europe is once again “at the epicenter” of the Covid pandemic, the BBC reports.

“The rate of vaccination has slowed across the continent in recent months. While some 80% of people in Spain are double jabbed, in Germany it is as low as 66% — and far lower in some Eastern European countries. Only 32% of Russians were fully vaccinated by October 2021.”

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