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Originally Posted by Paul
We have been vaccinating for a month now, Im pretty sure we were first - in fact is anywhere in the EU doing so yet ? (genuine question btw).
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The best global data on vaccinations is here:
https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
The UK is ranked 4th in the world both by absolute number of injections given, and also per 100 of population. By the latter measure Israel and the UAE are doing exceptionally well but this is because their distribution rate is very similar to ours, except to a much smaller population. Bahrain is a statistical anomaly because its population is tiny. In absolute terms China and the USA have administered more jabs than us but given their population size neither of them is actually keeping pace with us.
So far, the British vaccination programme is going really rather well, and it will only accelerate over the coming days thanks to the Oxford-AZ vaccine, which is made here and is easier to store and administer.
The best performing EU countries are Germany and Italy. These have managed only about a third of what we have.