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Summary
- How is the world coping with vaccine distribution?
- Which countries are doing a good job, and which are lagging behind?
- What plans are countries making to expedite vaccine distribution?
The pace of the coronavirus vaccine roll-outs in the world is something that is on focus at the moment with some doing better than others in terms of uniform and timely administration of the same in the appropriate age groups from time to time. Figure wise, about 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses have so far been administered in over 190 countries in the world. While some countries that had made prior agreements and bookings with the makers are halfway through or at least in full swing in terms of distribution of the vaccine, some other countries are still waiting for their vaccines to arrive.
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New Zealand
New Zealand’s vaccine strategy has been slow and steady so far. As of the last week, there have been 668,115 vaccines administered to people. So, to say, the country is still only 9% ahead of its plan, meaning it is taking a slow and calm approach towards the vaccine, which may be due to the next to no cases of the disease in the country currently. This might also be the reason for delayed border opening for the country. Recently, the Westpac group announced that there should be special leave provision made so that more and more employees get vaccinated at the earliest without worrying about losing their workdays.
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Australia
With around 4.2 million doses of the vaccine having been delivered as of 1 June 2021, Australia is also struggling to keep up the numbers. There are risks of market share losses involved due to the country not being able to open its borders on time, since people have not been vaccinated. Simon Birmingham, Australia’s Finance Minister, has admitted that the vaccine program had not gone as expected in Australia and there was need for pace to be picked up, considering several factors, one of them being the upcoming winter season in the country.
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The United States of America
Being one of the top 3 countries on the fast vaccine delivery list, US is doing its share in vaccinating its citizens at the earliest. Several workplaces are slowly making it mandatory for workers to have vaccination proof, which is bound to expedite the process further. New York is now officially the first US state to have issued the Excelsior pass, which is essentially a vaccine passport. All set to deliver 80 million doses to the vaccine facility COVAX, the US is on its way to vaccinate people swiftly.
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India
Another amongst the top three rapidly vaccinating countries besides the US and China, India is set to further expedite the process. It shall be rendering the vaccine absolutely free for the age group of 18+ from 21 June 2021, announced Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his latest address to the nation. Statistically, 235 million doses had been delivered by June 7, 2021. With still one of the highest numbers of daily cases and the plight brought upon by new strains and medical equipment shortages in the country, the vaccine roll-out needs to be further escalated here.
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