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The lowest influenza vaccination coverage rates among the elderly - more than 65 years old - in the European Union were recorded in Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Lithuania and Romania, compared with an average of 44.3 per cent at the EU level, show data published on Monday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).
In 2017, the highest influenza vaccination coverage rate among the 21 EU member states among the persons over 65 was recorded in the UK (72.6 per cent), the Netherlands (64 per cent), Portugal (60.8 per cent) and Ireland (57.6 per cent).
