Reference News Network reported on March 9 According to a report from TASS News Agency on March 8, according to the data collected by TASS News Agency from multiple countries, experts and media, the number of people vaccinated against the new crown has exceeded 300 million worldwide.
According to the report, 301.4 million people have been vaccinated against the new crown vaccine, accounting for 3.8% of the global population and 2.5 times the number of confirmed cases worldwide.
The World Health Organization previously stated that at least 70% of people in the world must be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity.
Hans Kruger, WHO Regional Director for Europe, said that the epidemic will continue until early 2022.
The top five vaccinated countries are the United States-over 90 million people, China-52.5 million people, the United Kingdom-approximately 23 million people, India-20.7 million people, and Brazil-10.6 million people.
The combined number of vaccinations in these five countries exceeds 60% of the total number of vaccinations in the world.
In terms of the proportion of vaccinated population, Israel ranks first (more than 97% of its citizens are vaccinated), the second is Seychelles (84.5%), and the third is the UAE (65%).