USA Continues Leading COVID-19 Vaccinations

The COVID-19 vaccine landscape includes innovative development platforms, with eleven COVID-19 vaccines now authorized globally. As of March 14, 2021, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized three (3) experimental COVID-19 vaccines for use in the USA. 

On December 11, 2020, the FDA authorized the experimental Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, known as Comirnaty. On December 18th, the FDA authorized Massachusetts-based Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine. Followed by a third FDA authorization for the Johnson and Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine announced on February 27, 2021.

Furthermore, the CDC recently issued Interim Clinical Considerations for the use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines currently Authorized in the USA. And the CDC published updated Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination on March 12, 2021.

As of March 14, 2021, the U.S. CDC reported over 107 million vaccinations had been administered. There have been 69 million first-dose vaccines administered, and the number of people receiving two vaccine doses had exceeded 37 million. This data indicates the USA leads all countries with COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.

Our World in Data reported China had confirmed about 52.5 million, and the UK has confirmed over 25 million vaccine doses administered.