Over 4.5 Million COVID-19 Vaccines Administered

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported as of 9:00 AM ET on January 4, 2021, 4,563,260 first-doses COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in the USA. Furthermore, there have been 15,418,50 total vaccine doses distributed in the USA.

Globally, various scientists and governments have accelerated the clinical development process to launch (7) experimental COVID-19 vaccines.

The most recent authorization was the New Crown COVID-19 Vaccine, an inactivated vaccine created by the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products under the China National Pharmaceutical Group, Sinopharm, and the Wuhan Institute of Virology. China's National Medical Products Administration issued authorization on December 31, 2020.

Aside from China, Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine was officially registered in the UAE and Bahrain on December 9 and 12, 2020, respectively.