COVID

WEEKLY COVID VACCINE RESEARCH UPDATE TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021 Data Updates High-income country confirmed dose total: 4.2 billion Upper-middle-income country total: 1.12 billion Lower-middle-income country total: 411 million Low-income country total: 270 million COVAX total 1.07 billion Total worldwide confirmed purchases of Covid-19 vaccines: 7.4 billion doses Weekly Insights and Interesting Trends Author: Andrea Taylor Direct deals by poorer countries are an important and encouraging development This past week, we saw the first direct vaccine purchases made for low-income countries with the African Union’s purchase of 270 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech, OxfordAstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson (J&J). A relatively modest purchase of 270 million doses, when 7 billion doses have already been bought, might be overlooked but it actually represents a significant shift in the global power…

WEEKLY COVID VACCINE RESEARCH UPDATE MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2021 Data Updates High-income country confirmed dose total: 4.2 billion Upper-middle-income country total: 1.24 billion Lower-middle-income country total: 495 million Low-income country total: 0 COVAX total: 1.07 billion Total worldwide confirmed purchases of Covid-19 vaccines: 7 billion doses Weekly Insights and Interesting Trends Author: Andrea Taylor Changing how India's vaccine numbers are represented in our data We have changed this week the way that India’s reserved doses of vaccine are represented in our data, moving the majority of the doses out of “confirmed” to “potential” doses. The way we have been counting India’s numbers in past weeks is a bit different than for other countries. Our numbers typically come from publicly reported purchases by governments (and occasionally private sector buyers). But because…

WEEKLY COVID VACCINE RESEARCH UPDATE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2020 Data Updates High-income country confirmed dose total: 4 billion Upper-middle-income country total: 1.1 billion Lower-middle-income country total: 1.8 billion Low-income country total: 0 COVAX total: 870 million Total worldwide confirmed purchases of Covid-19 vaccines: 7.7 billion doses Weekly Insights and Interesting Trends Author: Andrea Taylor Tracking regulatory approvals around the world We have seen a lot of movement in regulatory approval of Covid-19 vaccines over the past two weeks, as vaccination campaigns begin to roll out. When tracking the Covid-19 vaccine landscape, it is important to keep in mind the difference between emergency use authorization and full authorization. Most Covid-19 vaccine approvals received thus far have been limited to emergency use. This may be granted to address a health emergency, on…

WEEKLY COVID VACCINE RESEARCH UPDATE MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2020 Data Updates High-income country confirmed dose total: 3.9 billion Upper-middle-income country total: 1 billion Lower-middle-income country total: 1.8 billion Low-income country total: 0 COVAX total: 700 million Total worldwide confirmed purchases of Covid-19 vaccines: 7.4 billion doses Weekly Insights and Interesting Trends Author: Andrea Taylor What are the latest developments with vaccines developed in Russia and China? We are frequently asked why some data about vaccines purchased by Russia and China appear to be missing from our data. The answer is because both countries control largely state-owned vaccine development and manufacturing chains, and, in part because of this, are notably less transparent than some other countries about advance purchases for domestic use as well as exports. Our dataset includes publicly announced…