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Centralized COVID-19 Vaccine Drive Coming to India
The US is expected to fall just short of the goal of having 70% of adults vaccinated by July 4.
This article was originally published in ContagionLive.
India is set to introduce a centralized COVID-19 vaccination drive, providing doses for free to all states for individuals 18 and older.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on June 7 the program will begin on June 21 and all vaccine doses will be procured by the country’s federal government.
The program originally began on May 1, with the responsibility falling to the individual states. However, many states faced challenges because of a shortage of supplies. The hope is that a more centralized program will aid in the inoculation efforts.
In Germany, the government’s health ministry recently announced that all age groups eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine can now get 1.
Additionally, individuals aged 12 years and older can now get the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Germany has so far administered 55 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
In the UK, more than half of the adult population has now received 2 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Since the start of the inoculation efforts, a total of 26,422,303 second doses have been administered. The government has also announced that a first dose will be offered to all adults by the end of July.
China
777.88 million
54.04 per 100
United States
301.64 million
90.19 per 100
India
228.04 million
16.52 per 100
Brazil
71.69 million
33.73 per 100
United Kingdom
67.99 million
100.16 per 100
Germany
54.24 million
64.74 per 100
France
40.06 million
59.29 per 100
Italy
38.18 million
63.15 per 100
Russia
30.71 million
21.04 per 100
Indonesia
28.77 million
10.52 per 100
Data Table per Our World in Data (June 6, 2021, 12 AM EST)
In the US, despite more than half of the adult population having received at least 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the country may not meet President Joseph Biden’s goal of 70% by July 4. Vaccination rates have been continually dropping, with just around 1% of adults a week receiving their first dose, the lowest since mid-February.
California
39,350,625
99.59 per 100
Texas
23,501,684
81.05 per 100
New York
20,014,885
102.88 per 100
Florida
19,159,212
89.20 per 100
Pennsylvania
12,875,076
100.57 per 100
Illinois
11,841,617
93.44 per 100
Ohio
10,065,745
86.11 per 100
New Jersey
9,286,153
104.54 per 100
Michigan
8,811,858
88.23 per 100
Virginia
8,554,280
100.22 per 100
Data Table per CDC COVID-19 Tracker (June 6, 2021, 6 AM EST)
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