The number of deaths due to the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) in the United States of America has exceeded the 400,000 mark, and at a time when India launched what is expected to be the largest vaccination campaign against the coronavirus in the world, Pfizer revealed a delay in Delivery of vaccination doses.

According to the "World Meter" website, which specializes in monitoring statistics related to the Corona virus;

The number of injuries in the United States today, Saturday, reached 24 million 102 thousand and 429 injuries, while the number of deaths reached 401 thousand and 856.

The states are leading the world in the number of infections and deaths, this comes at a time when Ron Klein, the next White House chief of staff under President-elect Joe Biden, expected the number of Corona virus deaths in the United States to reach half a million people in February.

The United States leads the world in the number of deaths and injuries (Reuters)

Plan and numbers

For his part, President-elect Biden revealed that his administration is working to distribute 100 million doses of Corona virus vaccines during the first 100 days of his term.

He explained in a tweet on Twitter that taking measures against the Corona pandemic is not only an economic imperative, it is a moral obligation.

President-elect Biden stressed the need to confront the vaccine skepticism campaign against Corona, adding that his administration will use the Defense Production Act to accelerate the production of vaccine materials.

Globally, the number of HIV infections, according to the "World Meter" website, reached 94 million and 323 thousand and 60 cases, while the number of deaths reached two million and 18 thousand and 67 cases, and the number of people recovered exceeded the barrier of 67 million and 356 cases, at 10:00 Mecca Al-Mukarramah time (07: 00 GMT).

India still ranks second in the world in the number of injuries, with 10 million and 543 injuries, and more than 152,000 deaths.

India will start the largest vaccination campaign in the world (Reuters)

Campaign and protests

To address the epidemic, India launched today, Saturday, what is expected to be the largest vaccination campaign against the Corona virus in the world, and a health employee at a government hospital in Delhi has become the first person to receive a dose of the Corona vaccine in India, which has a population of 1.3 billion.

The Indian government plans to vaccinate 300 million people, equivalent to the population of the United States, by next July.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said - in a televised speech on the occasion of the launch of the campaign - "India is launching today the largest vaccination program against Corona."

Modi added that "no country has launched a vaccination campaign of this size in history."

As part of the campaign, about 30 million health workers and frontline workers will be vaccinated, followed by 270 million ordinary people over the age of 50 years, or most at risk.

In Brazil, the second country in terms of the number of deaths in the world, and the third in terms of the number of injuries;

Different cities witnessed simultaneous mass knocks on cooking utensils to express their protest against the health status of Manaus, the capital of the Amazon state, due to the outbreak of the Corona virus.

Protesters accuse President Jair Bolsonaro and his government of severe negligence, calling for accountability.

However, the president of the country said that the Supreme Court prevented him from further interference in measures to confront the virus, and assigned the matter to state governors and mayors.

Delayed delivery of "Pfizer" vaccines confused European countries' vaccination plans (Reuters)

Doses and delayed

This comes at a time when the US company Pfizer expressed its lack of readiness to deliver the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) to the Europeans on the specified date, indicating that introducing modifications to the production process and accelerating its pace may affect On delivery dates.

On Friday, Pfizer said it would delay vaccine shipments in the next three to four weeks due to work going on at its main factory in Belgium.

Pfizer said that the modifications in the Bors plant in Belgium are necessary in order to increase its production capacity starting from mid-February next year for the vaccine, which it developed with the German company (BioNTech).

The American group promised that there would be a "significant increase" in deliveries in late February and March.

Countries of the world accelerate the pace to vaccinate their citizens with the outbreak of the Corona epidemic (Al-Jazeera)

Decline and anxiety

Total cuts in delivery were not reported, but Sweden expected a “decrease of about 25%,” while France reported a “sharp drop” that would force it to “adjust” its vaccination frequency.

Norway expects doses to drop by 18%.

Denmark said it would fortify fewer numbers than it had planned.

In Cyprus, the Ministry of Health announced that it would receive 3,510 doses of the vaccine on January 18 this year, instead of the 6,825 doses it had expected.

Even if Pfizer says it will make up for the delay, the European Union has expressed its frustration as it eagerly awaits the receipt of more doses to immunize its population against the virus that has killed more than two million people around the world.

Germany, the largest economy in the European Union, expressed its regret for the delay, which was reported at the "unexpected and last minute".

Berlin urged the European Commission - which bought the vaccine on behalf of the bloc - to obtain "clear and sure" dates for future shipments.

Six northern European Union countries also warned in a letter to the Commission that the "unacceptable situation (...) reduces the credibility of the vaccination campaign."