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China Hits 1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccines Administered
Africa sees third wave as only 1% of the population is fully vaccinated.
This article was originally published in ContagionLive.
China has officially passed the 1 billion dose mark for COVID-19 vaccinations administered, becoming 1 of the world’s fastest inoculation efforts.
Despite the high number of doses given out, the country is still remaining very strict with its elimination efforts.
The borders are still mostly closed off to international travel, and social distancing measures are still being strongly enforced in some areas.
China has also been offering millions of its vaccines to other countries, but many places, like Brazil, are refusing the shot in hopes of getting Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccine.
In Cuba, officials are reporting that their homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, Soberana 2, is showing promising results.
On Saturday, results from a late-phase trial were reported, showing the vaccine to be 62% effective with 2 out of its 3 recommended doses.
The country has shunned foreign-made vaccines, putting all of their hopes in their own. Cuba has partnered with Iran, which has also boycotted foreign made vaccines.
The Philippines has recently agreed to purchase 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which will provide a significant boost to the country which has been struggling with infections.
The order is set to be delivered through the third and fourth quarter of 2020.
Since the start of the pandemic, the Philippines has seen over 1.35 millions COVID-19 infections, with 23,500 deaths.
China
1.03 billion
71.51 per 100
United States
317.97 million
95.07 per 100
India
274.29 million
19.88 per 100
Brazil
86.96 million
40.91 per 100
United Kingdom
74.3 million
109.45 per 100
Germany
66.45 million
79.32 per 100
France
48.21 million
71.36 per 100
Italy
46.02 millio
76.11 per 100
Indonesia
35.28 million
12.9 per 100
Russia
34.9 million
23.92 per 100
Data Table per Our World in Data (June 20, 2021, 12 AM EST)
In the United States, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, warned on Friday that the Delta variant is soon likely to become the dominant strain in the country. The more transmissible variant is likely to spread throughout the unvaccinated population.
California
41,478,634
104.97 per 100
Texas
25,000,644
86.22 per 100
New York
21,211,927
109.03 per 100
Florida
20,477,347
95.34 per 100
Pennsylvania
13,609,746
106.31 per 100
Illinois
12,573,511
99.22 per 100
Ohio
10,489,819
89.74 per 100
New Jersey
9,875,233
111.18 per 100
Michigan
9,239,419
92.51 per 100
Virginia
9,025,335
105.73 per 100
Data Table per CDC COVID-19 Tracker (June 20, 2021, 6 AM EST)
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