Global nCoV cases of more than 108 million, nearly 2.4 million deaths, the US plans to vaccinate 300 million people by the end of July with 200 million additional doses of vaccine purchased.

The world currently records 108,256,970 cases and 2,376,559 deaths, while 80,287,452 people have recovered.

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A nurse received the Covid-19 vaccine in Florida last December Photo: AP.

The United States, the world's largest epidemic region, recorded an additional 93,199 cases and 2,657 deaths, bringing the total number of infected people to 27,990,787 and 486,511 deaths.

President Joe Biden said on February 11 that the United States had signed an agreement to order an additional 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine and is on track to provide enough vaccines to 300 million Americans by the end of July 2021, thereby vaccinating to

"For three weeks, working around the clock, with so many people behind and in front of me, we've bought enough vaccines to vaccinate all Americans, and now we'll work hard to inject it.

"Just this afternoon, we signed the final contract to buy 100 million doses from Moderna and 100 million doses from Pfizer," he added.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on average, 1.49 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine were injected each day last week, up from an average of 900,000 doses when President Joe Biden took over.

India, the world's second-largest epidemic region, reported an additional 9,353 cases and 85 deaths, bringing the total number of people infected and dead from Covid-19 to 10,880,413 and 155,484, respectively.

The Indian government urged states on Feb. 6 to accelerate the Covid-19 vaccination program after results from an assessment showed the country had a "significant opportunity" to accelerate the program.

India vaccinated about 3 million health workers in the first two weeks of its vaccination campaign, but needs to speed up to reach that target over the summer.

Brazil, the third largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 1,452 deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 236,397.

Brazil on February 6 received the first shipment of 88 liters of active ingredient to produce AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, allowing Fiocruz biomedical center to ship 2.8 million doses of vaccine.

Currently, only injections developed by AstraZeneca and Chinese company Sinovac are approved for emergency use in Brazil.

He recorded an additional 678 deaths, bringing the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 115,484, while the number of infections increased by 13,494 from the previous day, to 3,998,655.

UK Vaccine Implementation Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on February 7 that the country could increase its Covid-19 vaccine vaccination in the fall and then roll out annual vaccinations to deal with the nCoV strain variables.

He aims to give the first injection to all people over 70 years old, the vulnerable, and the frontline medical staff by mid-February.

France, the sixth largest epidemic region in the world, recorded an additional 21,063 cases and 360 deaths, bringing cases and deaths to 3,406,685 and 80,803 respectively.

Lawmakers of this country on February 9 passed a law extending the national health emergency to June 1 when the number of Covid-19 deaths exceeded 80,000.

Iran, the most serious epidemic region in the Middle East, recorded an additional 7,474 cases and 65 deaths, bringing the total number of infections and deaths to 1,496,455 and 58,751 respectively.

In Southeast Asia, Indonesia is the region's largest epidemic with 1,191,990 cases, an increase of 8,435, of which 32,381 people died, an increase of 214. Experts say the actual number of infections in Indonesia could be 3 times higher.

Indonesia has launched a program for testing nCoV through the breath at train stations in the context of the country's increasingly complicated epidemic.

The Philippines, the second largest epidemic region in Southeast Asia, reported 543,282 cases and 11,469 deaths, up 1,734 and 68 cases, respectively.

Due to the emergence of the more contagious nCoV strain from the UK in the country, President Rodrigo Duterte last month decided to re-impose a ban on children aged 10-14 from leaving home, despite fears that this will cause the background