[국제]170 million people around the world vaccinated against COVID-19 … surpassing the number of confirmed cases

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To date, more than 170 million people in more than 70 countries around the world have been vaccinated against Corona 19.

Accordingly, the number of vaccinations exceeded the cumulative number of corona19 cases for the first time.

Reporter Kim Hyung-geun on the report.

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According to the statistics website’our world in data’, as of 4 days local time, the number of COVID-19 vaccinations in more than 70 countries is 1734 million,

It surpassed the cumulative number of confirmed cases worldwide for the first time.

The number of vaccinations per 100,000 people worldwide was 1,380.

The country with the most vaccinations relative to the population is Israel, with 6140 per 100,000 people, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with more than 36,000.

After that, about 15,000 in the UK, 290 in Bahrain, and 130 in the US.

In Europe, which is experiencing a shortage of vaccines, Denmark has a record of 5,000 per 100,000, Spain, Italy and Germany with 3,000, and Belgium and France with 2,000.

The EU average is 3,220 per 100,000.

In Asia, Singapore was the largest with 3,90 per 100,000, followed by China with 1,670.

The Infectious Disease Innovation Association has meaningfully evaluated that the number of vaccinations exceeds the cumulative number of confirmed cases.

However, they expressed concern that the vaccine is still being supplied mainly to some rich countries.

[프레데릭 크리스텐슨 / 감염병혁신연합(CEPI) 부회장 : 지금까지 많은 저소득 국가들이 단 한 명의 백신 접종도 시작하지 못한 반면 부유한 나라들은 대량으로 백신을 접종하고 있습니다.]

The Infectious Disease Innovation Alliance, which is leading the vaccine joint purchase project’Kovax’, said, “By the middle of this year, we will distribute 565 million vaccines to the world.”

This is YTN Kim Hyung-geun.

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