Share of people vaccinated against COVID-19 worldwide

Proporción de personas vacunadas contra COVID-19 a nivel mundial

Introduction: the equitable path to safe and effective vaccines is paramount to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end. Thus, it is reassuring that so many vaccines are being tested and developed. The WHO (World Health Organization), together with its partners, is working hard to develop, manufacture and distribute safe and effective vaccines. Methodology: the present research is a cross-sectional study. Data was taken from the Our World in Data website, based on the global vaccination plan against COVID-19. Results: it was established that as of August 6 2021, the countries with the highest share of allocated vaccines and fully vaccinated people were: the United Arab Emirates (72), Uruguay (66), Chile (65), Bahrain (62) and Israel (62). Those with the highest percentage of applied vaccination doses were: Argentina (39), Brazil (31), Saudi Arabia (29), South Korea (25.5)  and Malasya (22). Conclusion:  it is imperative that both the allocation of doses of vaccines against SARS-COV-2 and the vaccine application capacity continue to be increased in all countries of the world, underlining the importance of completing the recommended vaccination protocols, in order to achieve herd immunity worldwide in the short term.

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