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Virus outbreaks shine spotlight on vaccine hesitancy

The surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Eastern Europe has prompted the re-imposition of restrictions and it looks like measures will be stepped up, weighing on recoveries in Q4. Tight restrictions may not remain in place for long across Central Europe, but vaccine hesitancy has held back rollouts in the east and the risk in low-vaccine coverage countries such as Russia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine is that containment measures need to stay tight for a prolonged period to suppress outbreaks.

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