Booster Shots Ahead of the Holidays
The Launch and Scale Speedometer blog series. October 29, 2021 By Blen Biru Confirmed Vaccine Purchases Confirmed Donations (by recipient, includes pledges) High income countries 7 B 7 M Upper middle income countries 2.6 B 75 M Lower middle income countries 2.6 B 84.7 M Low income countries 238 M 66 M COVAX 2.5 B 945 M WORLDWIDE TOTALS 15 B 1.2 B INSIGHTS Most high income and upper middle-income countries have fully vaccinated more than half of their population. Portugal ranks first having covered 85% of its population followed by UAE (83%) and Spain (78%). The US ranks 18th having 55% of its population fully vaccinated. In contrast, resource limited countries such as Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Tanzania have only vaccinated less than 5% of their population. In light of the new COVID-19 variants, countries such…