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Which 6 countries have not yet started COVID vaccination?

More than 2 billion doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered to the public worldwide in the first six months of the vaccination campaign.

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Which 6 countries have not yet started COVID vaccination?
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According to a report, Israel is at the forefront of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19, where about 6 out of 10 people have been vaccinated.

In addition, 59% of the population in Canada, 58% in the United Kingdom and 51% in the United States have also received a single dose of the vaccine.

Six out of 10 of the injections have been administered in the world's three most populous countries—China (704.8 million doses), the US (296.9 million) and India (221 million).

Nearly four out of 10 people in the European Union have had at least one shot, with Germany leading with 43.6 per cent, followed by Italy (40 per cent) and France and Spain with 39.4 per cent.

On the other hand, in six countries of the world, North Korea, Haiti, Tanzania, Chad, Burundi and Eritrea vaccination against the coronavirus has not been started yet.

Oxford/AstraZeneca is the most widely given vaccine, administered in 170 of the 215 countries where campaigns have begun.

It is followed by Pfizer/BioNTech, which is being used in at least 97 countries; Moderna (at least 46); Sinopharm (45); Sputnik V (40); Johnson & Johnson (29).

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