Sat 15 May 2021:
More than 1.4 billion coronavirus vaccine jabs have been administered worldwide, according to the Our World in Data website.
China is the most vaccinated country with 366.91 million jabs, said the site, followed by the US with more than 266.5 million. India has 178.36 million, the UK with 54.8 million, Brazil has given 50.31 million shots to residents, Germany has 38.65 million and France has more than 27.46 million. Italy has administered 25.95 million jabs.
The list continues with Turkey with more than 25.6 million jabs, followed by Russia, Indonesia and Mexico.
The country with the most doses of the vaccine in terms of population was the East African island nation of Seychelles, with 131 doses per 100 people.
The world over more than 1.4 billion shots have been given so far. It includes both first and second doses. The world population is more than 7 billion, so there are over 5.5 billion people to cover.
The rate of vaccination has been picking up. In the past week, 150 million doses were administered and at this pace, it will take 18 months to vaccinate the planet. However, it this is pure statistics not factoring in vaccine inequity or mutations.
In the real world both these things slow down vaccination. In Africa, they are giving 400,000 doses per day and have more than 50 countries. At this rate, they will take 11 years to achieve herd immunity.
In contrast, in the United States, there have been 266 million doses in a population of 300 million with close to 36 per cent of Americans fully vaccinated.
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