1 billion inoculated globally in 137 days since first jab
According to the tally compiled from official sources, at least 1,002,938,540 doses have been administered in 207 countries and territories — accounting for over 96% of the world with active vaccine campaigns. The unprecedented drive is seen as the world’s ticket out of the virus disaster.
With new variants sparking a worrying fresh spike of cases and uncertainty over the vaccines’ effectiveness against them, the planet is now racing to inoculate as many people as possible. But it will take another 19 months to vaccinate 75% of the world’s population at the current pace of 18.5 million shots a day. More than half, or 58%, have been given in three countries: the US with 225.6 million doses, China with 216.1 million doses and India with 138.4 million.
