"전 세계서 접종된 코로나19 백신 20억 회분 넘어"
More than two billion COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered worldwide.
The milestone, which was crossed Thursday, came six months after the first vaccines started being given.
Lee Seung-jae reports.
According to an AFP tally drawn from official sources Thursday,... more than two billion COVID-19 vaccines have been given across the world.
More than 2-point-1 billion shots have so far been given in 215 countries and territories.
The milestone comes just six months after the first vaccination campaign began.
Israel,.. which has been the most aggressive in terms of vaccinations,... still has the highest number of vaccinated people per capita,... with nearly six in ten people fully vaccinated.
The data shows six out of ten injections worldwide have been administered in the world's three most populous countries- China with over 704 million doses,... the U.S. with over 296 million and India with 221 million.
Nearly four of ten people in the EU have had at least one shot,... with Germany leading with 43-point-6 percent.
AFP reports that only six countries have not yet starting vaccinating anyone and that includes North Korea.
With over 26 million second doses being administered in the UK,... more than half of all adults there have been fully vaccinated.
England has fully vaccinated 50-point-7 percent of all adults.
Scotland is second with 48-point-2 percent,... followed by Wales and Northern Ireland at 45-point-9 percent and 47-point-1 percent respectively.
The data also shows 75-percent of all adults in the UK have received at least one dose.
Italy is ramping up its vaccination campaign,... by expanding its age group to those 16 and over from Thursday.
Until the latest announcement,... Italy's campaign operated on the basis of a person's age,... with older age groups and those considered vulnerable given priority.
Italy will soon start vaccinating adolescents aged 12 to 15 after the European Medicines Agency authorized the use of the Pfizer vaccine for that age group.
Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.
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2021-06-04, 07:00 (KST)
