 The European Union is on course to hit a target of fully vaccinating at least 70% of the adult population by the end of summer Given that a percentage of those 18 and over have now received a first dose the European Commission said on Tuesday European Commission president Ursula van der Leyen said the block had reached the milestone of 70% of adults having received a first dose and 57% fully vaccinated Projections show that EU would reach its goal by the end of the summer EU Health Commissioner Stella Keadex said in a separate statement The European Union has kept its word and has delivered Our target was to protect 70% of adults in the European Union with at least one dose in a vaccination in July today we have achieved this target and 57% of adults already have the full protection of double vaccination So these figures put Europe among the world leaders the catch-up process has been very successful But we need to keep up the effort the Delta variant is very dangerous and I therefore call on everyone who has the opportunity to be vaccinated For their own health and to protect others Hello, hope you enjoyed the news Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates