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The first doses of the Covid-19 vaccines being administered across the EU in the last days of 2020 marked a critical passage point in the management of the pandemic. In these first weeks, the epidemiological value of the vaccines could be seen as largely symbolic, as the number of those able to be vaccinated is still quite limited. Yet symbols matter, and EU leaders have seized this opportunity to underline how both the approval of the vaccine, and the organization of the common ‘V [for vaccine] days’ across the Union are a ‘touching proof of unity’ in Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s words.
France's national health authority said Friday that it had approved the Covid-19 vaccine produced by Moderna for people 18 and older, clearing the way for a second option in the country's highly crit…
Vaccines approved: Pfizer/BioNTech (11 December), Moderna (18 December)
Doses administered: 4.56 million
Doses ordered: 1.01 billion, of 6 jabs
Percentage of population covered by orders: 169%
The United States has been at the forefront of global efforts to develop a vaccine, having ploughed billions of dollars into research funding under its Operation Warp Speed programme.
While the US Food and Drug Administration was slower than the UK and Bahrain in granting regulatory approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, the nation’s vaccination drive began on 14 December, with healthcare workers becoming the first to receive the vaccine after emergency approval was granted. Moderna’s jab received emergency approval shortly afterwards.
Israel leading global race to vaccinate population against coronavirus
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At least 10 per cent of Israelis have received their first dosage of a coronavirus vaccine.
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Israel has the highest proportional rate of COVID-19 vaccine administration worldwide as countries race to inoculate their citizens against coronavirus.
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The Israeli PM has said the nation will emerge from the pandemic next month
The US has reported the highest daily rate of vaccinations
The tracker shows the number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered, not the number of people that have been vaccinated, which typically requires two doses of a vaccine.
More than a million people have been vaccinated since the start of Israel's inoculation drive on Dec. 20, an amazing feat in just two weeks. As a result, Israel has been leading the world in its vaccination efforts per capita, with Bahrain and the U.K. a distant second and third. According to the Our World in Data