Flu and COVID-19 vaccination was “sub-optimal” in several European Union and European Economic Area countries last winter, according to EU health authorities which are urging countries to increase coverage this year. Between September 2023 and June 2024, there was a large difference in vaccination rates for COVID-19 in Europe among people aged 60 and older, ranging from 0.02 per cent to 66.1 per cent, according to two new European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) reports. A median of 14 per cent of people over the age of 60 received a COVID-19 jab and a median of 22 per cent of…