China Passes 1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccination Mark

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Africa sees third wave as only 1% of the population is fully vaccinated.

Over the weekend, China passed 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccinations administered, becoming one 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)

For more information on COVID-19 vaccination research, distribution, and assessment, check out some of these recent Contagion stories:

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