Coronavirus: Vaccination

(asked on 7th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the percentage of the world’s adult population which have received one or more vaccinations against the COVID-19 virus by the end of May.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 21st June 2021

The data on global COVID-19 vaccine delivery is rapidly evolving as new vaccines are approved and distributed, and varies based on national reporting practices. As of 9 June 2021, the World Health Organization estimates that 2.09 billion vaccine doses have been administered worldwide. More data on worldwide vaccination can be found at https://covid19.who.int/.

The UK is committed to rapid, equitable access to safe and effective vaccines. We are among the largest donors to the COVAX Advance Market Commitment (AMC), having committed £548 million, which through match-funding leveraged $1 billion from other donors in 2020. This support to COVAX has been critical in supporting its supply of COVID-19 vaccines to over 125 countries and economies. COVAX aims to provide COVID-19 vaccine doses to at least 30% of the adult population in low and middle-income countries by the end of 2021.

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