COVID-19 vaccination status quo

Short descriptionSince the beginning of the pandemic, the curtailment of SARS-CoV-2 has been attainable only through mobility-reducing measures (lockdowns), social distancing, and increased hygiene standards (e.g., wide usage of face masks). Vaccines are now offering hope to safely relax these strict measures. As early as summer 2020, some potential vaccines cleared the rigid testing and licensure processes of national and international health authorities, a step which offered the concrete possibility of reaching a generalized immunity against COVID-19 and bringing the pandemic to an end.
As of October 2021, the mass vaccination campaigns are proceeding all over the world.
Statista has been tracking the number of COVID-19 vaccines issued per day and comparing these figures. Focusing on the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Italy, all these countries have reached or are about to reach the milestone of 70 percent of their respective populations being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The EU countries, in spite of their slower roll-out of their vaccination campaigns in the first quarter of 2021, have sharply increased their average daily administrations in Q2 and Q3, catching up with the United States and the United Kingdom.