
Some poorer countries are yet to start mass vaccination drives.
To date, the U.S. has administered 318,576,441 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Among this figure, 150,046,006 people have been fully vaccinated (45.2 percent), according to the latest data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Similarly, the U.K. has administered a total of 74,577,678 doses of COVID vaccines. More than 29,165,140 (55.4 percent) people in the U.K. were vaccinated with both doses. Canada has administered at least 32,586,269 doses of COVID-19 vaccines, as Reuters has reported.
Compared to the above countries, African countries have recorded the lowest vaccination rates to date. Moreover, some countries are yet to start mass vaccination drives.
Bloomberg reported in April 2021 that "economies with the highest incomes have 40% of the world’s vaccinations, but just 11% of the global population."
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