Pandemic
Octubre 15, 2021 - < 1 min

COVID-19: The largest vaccination campaign in human history

The great challenge is to close the gaps between the poorest and richest territories.

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Do you know how many doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered worldwide by mid-October? According to Bloomberg's calculations, 658 million doses, in a world with 7.5 billion inhabitants. This is the largest vaccination campaign on record. The figure is impressive, but there is still a long way to go. Looking at the glass as half full, 24.7 million doses are being administered daily. Looking at it as half empty, vaccine distribution remains very uneven: the 52 poorest territories on the planet are home to 20% of the world's population, but have received only 4% of the doses. How are we doing in Latin America? Here are the numbers, according to Statista: