Malta and Portugal safest places in Europe this winter as new Covid wave takes hold

Malta and Portugal will be the safest places in Europe this winter, according to the expert leading disease monitoring across the continent, according to a report in the Telegraph.

The report claims that in an exclusive interview with Dr Bruno Ciancio, director of surveillance at the European Centre of Disease Control (ECDC), he said “three distinct epidemiological trends” are emerging across Europe which will dictate how countries fare this winter. The critical factor, he added, is vaccination coverage across the entire population – including teenagers.