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Over 2 billion COVID vaccinations given worldwide
Out of a total world population on the order of seven billion, so heading toward a third, though those who’ve had the Chinese vaccine really shouldn’t be counted. Another — or perhaps the groups overlap — 155 million are reported by Worldometers to have recovered from the disease. [IsraelTimes] More than two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been given across the world, according to an AFP tally Thursday drawn from official sources.The milestone comes six months after the first vaccination campaigns against COVID-19 began. At least 2,109,696,022 shots have been given in 215 countries and territories, according to the count from an AFP database taken at 0915 GMT. Israel, which has led the race from the start, has seen nearly six in 10 people vaccinated, and is set to start vaccinating ages 12-15. It is followed by Canada (59 percent of the population have had at least one shot), the United Kingdom (58.3%), Chile (56.6%) and the United States (51%). Six out of 10 of the injections have been administered in the world’s three most populous countries — China (704.8 million doses), the US (296.9 million) and India (221 million). Nearly four out of 10 people in the European Union  ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...have had at least one shot, with Germany leading with 43.6%, followed by Italia (40%) and La Belle France and Spain at 39.4%. Only six countries in the world have not yet started vaccinating — North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... , Haiti, Tanzania, Chad, Burundi and Eritrea ...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-04 |
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