EU Turning Away From AstraZeneca Vaccine, Putting Hope in Pfizer-BioNTech

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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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