But there is a lot of difference in intent and implementation. The leader in actual inoculation till now is Israel, which has already vaccinated 12 per cent of its population. Bahrain and Iceland are at second and third position, while the US has inoculated close to 1 per cent of its population, reveals chart 4.
Though vaccination will go on even as new variants (or clades) of SARSCoV-2 come into the picture, public health may worsen. And genome mapping of Covid-19 cases assumes great importance here. This process has lagged in most countries, and mainly in India, shows chart 5.
Interestingly, it shows that leaders in scientific research — countries with more papers published per 10,000 people — are also the top ones in genome sequencing. To be fair, even Germany and France have lagged on this front. StatsGuru is a weekly feature. Every Monday, Business Standard guides you through the numbers you need to know to make sense of the headlines. Compiled by BS Research Bureau
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