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A study highlights the differences in contamination figures between the states of the European Union. Where the vaccination campaign has been less effective, the rebound is stronger.
Since its appearance at the end of 2019, the Covid-19 has spread all over the world, with more or less marked contamination peaks depending on the region. So, in Europe, which countries are at risk of being the hardest hit by a wave of hospitalizations during the winter of 2021/2022? According to English researchers, there are seven: Romania, Greece, the Netherlands, Germany, Slovenia, Austria and Finland.
In these countries, the inhabitants are older and less well immunized either by a vaccine or by having already been infected. Findings that do not surprise Professor Stéphane Paul, immunologist at the Saint-Étienne University Hospital (Loire) and member of the Vaccine committee Covid. “The less we have encountered the virus, the less protected we are. Natural immunity is important for the protection of a new wave. The second point is, in fact, that the more the population is vaccinated, the more it is protected.”, He explains.