This is the development as more than 652 million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been given worldwide – enough to vaccinate 4.3 percent of the global population.
According to data from the COVID-19 Tracker dashboard captured for 3rd April, an estimated 17.2 million doses of the jabs are being administered daily.
The Nigerian government plans to vaccinate 40 percent of the population in 2021 and and additional 30 percent by the end of 2022.
From available data, the US, with 161.68 million doses has administered the highest number of doses, having inoculated 24.9 percent of its population at the rate of over three million doses daily.
Next is the European Union with 78.7 million (8.9 percent) at the rate of 1.71 million doses administered daily; India 74.7 million (2.7 percent), and 2.1 million doses administered daily and the UK 36.6 million (27.4 percent) with 545,748 doses being administered daily.
Vanguard News Nigeria
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