Topline
The U.S. has administered the most coronavirus vaccine doses in the world, with more than 40% of adults and 75% of seniors at least partially inoculated—but while boasting great progress, the U.S. is still topped by a handful of other countries that have moved even more quickly to vaccinate their residents, according to data compiled by Bloomberg and The New York Times.
Key Facts
The U.S. has doled out more than 165 million doses as of April 4, and is most closely followed by China (138 million), the European Union (79 million), India (74.4 million) and the U.K. (36.6 million).
But with a vaccination rate of 49 doses administered per 100 people, the U.S. is beat by Israel (113), Seychelles (105), the United Arab Emirates (89), Bhutan (61), Chile (58), the U.K. (55) and Bahrain (51).
Israel, whose successful vaccination rollout has been well-documented, leads the world, having fully vaccinated 53.2% of its over nine million residents and partially vaccinated 58.1%.
The next highest ranking country is the East African nation of Seychelles which, with the smallest population of the leaders (less than 100,000), has partially covered 66.8% of residents and fully covered 39.5% through an “aggressive” vaccination campaign.
At the bottom of the list of countries that have provided data are Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Venezuela, Vietnam, Iraq, Trinidad and Tobago, Namibia, Brunei, Gabon and Afghanistan, which all reported vaccination rates of less than 0.1 doses administered per 100 people.
However, according to The New York Times, at least 30 countries haven’t injected a single person.
Big Number
649 million. That’s how many vaccine doses have been distributed across the world.
Key Background
The U.S. has continued to see its vaccine rollout speed up for months, setting a one-day record of nearly 4.1 million shots on Saturday. The average number of doses administered each day has risen to 3.08 million over the past week, leaving the U.S. second only to China (4.89 million), which has a population roughly four times larger in size. The inoculation numbers are likely to continue increasing as all 50 states are set to drop their eligibility rules at the beginning of next month. President Biden has vowed to have enough vaccine supply supply to cover every American by the end of May, but due to a slew of new commitments from manufacturers, Biden administration officials are anticipating supply will exceed demand in the U.S. by mid-May—if not sooner.
What To Watch For
The Bloomberg vaccine tracker projects that at its current vaccination rate, the US. will take another three months to cover 75% of its population (experts have estimated that it takes between 70% to 90% of people to be immune against a virus for herd immunity).
Surprising Fact
New Mexico has had one of the most successful vaccine rollouts in the U.S. so far, becoming the first state to vaccine more than half of its adult residents earlier this week.
Further Reading
“75% Of U.S. Seniors Have Now Been Vaccinated. These 12 States Are Leading The Way.” (Forbes)
“Gottlieb Predicts No ‘True Fourth Wave’ For U.S. Here’s What Other Experts Are Saying.” (Forbes)
“U.S. Just Vaccinated Over 100 Million Americans” (Forbes)
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