EU Turning Away From AstraZeneca Vaccine, Putting Hope in Pfizer-BioNTech
Malaysia begins nationwide lockdown due to third wave of the pandemic.
After AstraZeneca failed to meet its delivery targets due to concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine is not efficacious against variants of the virus that are in circulation, the European Union is effectively turning away from the shot. The EU did not renew their order for the vaccine after June and recently concluded a deal with Pfizer for up to 1.8 billion doses of their vaccine to be delivered through 2023. However, the EU has said that it has not completely ruled out renewing the contract with AstraZeneca at some point in the future.
In Germany, the government is set to make the Johnson & Johnson vaccine available to all adults under the age of 60. The country will be receiving another delivery of the vaccine by July, containing around 10 million doses. Around 32.3% of the country’s population has received at least 1 dose of a vaccine and 9.1% are now fully vaccinated.
In India, COVID-19 is still wreaking havoc on an under-vaccinated population. Only 2.75% of the country’s 1.3 billion people have been fully vaccinated. Since April 28, over 3,000 people have died due to COVID-19 every day.
China
324.31 million
22.53 per 100
United States
259.72 million
77.66 per 100
India
168.3 million
12.2 per 100
United Kingdom
53.04 million
78.13 per 100
Brazil
46.88 million
22.05 per 100
Germany
34.41 million
41.07 per 100
France
25.41 million
37.29 per 100
Turkey
24.92 million
29.55 per 100
Indonesia
21.99 million
8.04 per 100
Russia
21.75 million
14.91 per 100
Data Table per Our World in Data (May 9, 2021, 12 AM EST)
In the United States, vaccinations across the country continue to slow down from their one time high in April. Despite this, cases of COVID-19 also continue to fall, with the country recording 21,392 new cases on Sunday, down from the same time last week. The percentage of fully vaccinated Americans now stands at 34.4%.
California
33,109,680
83.79 per 100
Texas
20,215,285
69.71 per 100
New York
17,034,051
87.56 per 100
Florida
16,431,037
76.50 per 100
Pennsylvania
10,952,811
85.55 per 100
Illinois
10,146,731
80.07 per 100
Ohio
8,930,170
76.39 per 100
New Jersey
7,934,175
89.32 per 100
Michigan
7,688,179
76.98 per 100
North Carolina
7,498,381
84.74 per 100
Data Table per CDC COVID-19 Tracker (May 9, 2021, 6 AM EST)
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