Ten billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered across the world. Only 9.8% of people in low-income countries have received a first vaccine dose, while wealthy countries have had three doses.
The world reached a COVID-19 vaccination milestone Friday of 10 billion doses administered globally, according to Our World in Data, but wealthier countries account for the vast majority, while poorer ones have been left behind.
The highly infectious omicron variant, which was detected in December and has gone on to become the leading variant in most places, is just such an example. Omicron has caused many breakthrough cases in people who are fully vaccinated and even had a booster dose, but those cases are usually mild or asymptomatic.
The WHO is targeting vaccinating 70% of the world’s population this year and has said reaching that goal would move the world out of the “acute phase” of the pandemic, the period in which it remains an international emergency. “If countries use all of these strategies and tools in a comprehensive way, we can end the acute phase of the pandemic this year — we can end COVID-19 as a global health emergency, and we can do it this year,” said Tedros, in a statement. iframe.twitter-tweet { width: 100% !important; } COVID cases and hospitalizations are declining in the U.S., according to a New York Times tracker, although deaths, which are a lagging indicator, are steadily climbing. The U.S.
• Novavax NVAX will supply 5 million doses of its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine to Israel as part of an advance purchase agreement, with the Israeli Ministry of Health also taking an option to buy an additional 5 million doses. Novavax is currently conducting two Phase 3 trials of the vaccine involving about 30,000 participants in the U.S. and Mexico, as well as a trial involving about 15,000 people in the U.K.
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