The Vaccination War So Far

 

 

CHINA

 China has only approved one domestic coronavirus vaccine out of 4 for commercial use. 

Only about 24 million doses have been administered, but those numbers represent only the first dose of a two-dose vaccine. That means at most, only 1.6% of China's population received their first shot by the end of January. Beijing's modest goal is to inoculate 50 million people — or about 3.5% of the total population — by mid-February, right before Lunar New Year.

 The first commercially approved vaccine in China is produced by Sinopharm, a state vaccine firm, and is effective about 79% of the time at preventing recipients from contracting COVID. Sinovac, another major firm, is completing trials for another two-shot vaccine, which has reported efficacy rates ranging from 50% to 91% depending on the trial.

 USA

 Since vaccine distribution began in the U.S. on Dec. 14, more than 93 million doses have been administered, reaching 18.4% of the total U.S. population, according to federal data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The U.S. is currently administering over 2.1 million shots a day. 

 Currently, two of the three COVID-19 vaccines that have been authorized for emergency use require a two-shot regimen spaced out by three or four weeks. A third vaccine that requires just one shot was authorized on February 27

 UK.

More than 22 million people in the UK have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine - part of the biggest inoculation programme the country has ever launched.

 About 22.5 million people which is equal to 35% of the population so far have had a first vaccine dose and more than one million have had a second.

The number of first doses administered each day had been steadily climbing since December - reaching more than 400,000 a day mid-February.

 

Russia

Despite Early Start, Russia Says Only 1.5% Population Vaccinated

Around 2.2 million Russians have been partially vaccinated against the coronavirus.Around 2.2 million Russians have been partially vaccinated against the coronavirus so far — or 1.5% of the country’s population —  the lead scientist behind the development of Russia’s homemade Sputnik V vaccine said Wednesday.

Russia was one of the first countries to launch its vaccination program at the beginning of December. However, production issues and a skeptical public have held up the vaccine’s rollout. 

According to regional statistics compiled by the Gogov website, which analyzes official government data, Russia’s daily vaccination rate passed 100,000 for the first time Tuesday, based on a seven-day average. 

Russia is not publishing official or regular data on how many people have been vaccinated, citing the confidential nature of a national vaccine register which tracks who has been given a jab. On Jan. 10, the government said it had vaccinated 1.5 million Russians, though independent analysis conducted by summing up regional statistics suggested the number may have been closer to 400,000.