The European Parliament’s Committee on Environment and Public Health (ENVI) is pressuring Member States to publish their Covid-19 vaccination figures.
“The European Parliament is asking for exhaustive data to be published every month on the number of vaccines allocated to each Member State. Only once we have a clear picture, can we build trust, address challenges linked to delays in supply and the speed at which vaccines are being administered, and fight back the growing wave of uncertainty and disinformation in Europe”, said its Chair, Pascal Canfin (Renew Europe, France), in a statement.
MEPs criticise the fact that only seven Member States - Denmark, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden - have published data, which differ according to the pharmaceutical groups from which they bought vaccines.
Concerning the scoreboard on the vaccination situation in the Member States that the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has developed, the (ENVI) Committee is asking that this overview to be complemented by “vaccine delivery forecasts”.
On Wednesday 10 February, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will debate with MEPs in plenary session the EU Covid-19 Vaccine Strategy, which has caused a stir in Member States for its slow start compared to non-Member States such as the UK and the US (see other news and EUROPE 12651/1).
See the compilation made by the European Parliament services: https://bit.ly/2MYLsTD
See the ECDC Dashboard: http://bit.ly/2NKsO1Z (Original version in French by Mathieu Bion)