With the introduction of vaccines worldwide, the elimination of coronavirus (COVID-19) is now looking closer as each day passes. Corona vaccination is currently going in about 60 countries and a total of 4.17 crore doses of vaccines have been applied to people worldwide. A total of 17 corona vaccines have been approved in different countries of the world and 12.7 billion doses have been reserved by various countries for their citizens.
Oxford University’s vaccine has the highest demand
The highest demand in all the 17 corona vaccines is of the Oxford University vaccine, 2 billion doses of this vaccine have already been booked by several countries. Its scientific name is AJD 1222. The vaccine is being used in several countries, including the European Union, the US, India, and Indonesia. The WHO has entered into an agreement with developing and poor countries under the Covax project. After Oxford’s vaccine, a billion doses of Pfizer company, one billion doses of Johnson & Johnson, 73 crore doses of Sanofi-GSK have been booked. Thereafter, the Moderna company has a demand for (50 crores), Novavax Company (38 crore), Sinowax Company (38 crore) doses. In addition, there is also a demand for vaccines such as Russia’s Sputnik V, Curevac, Kovex, Medicago, Valneva, Sinopharma, and Cansino Biology.
Israel and UAE have the fastest Vaccination rate
While the vaccination campaign in India is still at an early stage, many countries in the world, such as Israel, 46.71%, UAE 27.07%, United Kingdom 10.79%, Bahrain 8.47%, and US 7.11% have been vaccinated. While most of the corona vaccine requires 2 doses. According to data from HourworldIndata, 0.17% of the population in India has been vaccinated with at least one corona vaccine. According to the data till January 25, 20 lakh doses of vaccine have been taken in India.
India: 2nd biggest corona vaccine producer
The capacity to produce corona vaccine is the highest in the US and then India. According to data analysis company AirFinity, the US will produce 4.7 billion corona vaccines by 2021. And according to data from Dichivele, India will produce 3.13 billion doses by 2021. This will be followed by China (1.90 billion), Britain (0.95 billion), Germany (0.50 billion), and South Korea (0.35 billion). While talking about the largest company, India’s company Serum Institute will be the world’s largest corona vaccine producer. It will produce 1.4 billion doses of vaccines every year.
