As India lays out an ambitious vaccine programme till the year-end, Forbes India delves into the experiences of global citizens who have taken the jab and of those waiting for their turn
A medical worker from a mobile vaccination team packs boxes of the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine into a temperature controlled transportation case ahead of a house call house in Istanbul, Turkey
DHAKA, BANGLADESH
Vaccine status: First dose in February Cost of vaccine: FreeThe process: Sinha managed the process for her health workers directly with the government as medical frontline workers were first in the vaccination priority list.Status of vaccination programme: To date, the government has been vaccinating its population with Covishield, but it is expecting to launch Sinopharm (a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine) and Sputnik in limited quantities. According to Sinha, fewer than 5.5 million Bangladeshis have been vaccinated and she believes at the current rate, only 10 percent of the country will be vaccinated by year-end.Share of citizens who have received at least one dose (as of May 17*): 3.5 percentStatus of Covid-19 in that city/country: Bangladesh had 45,709 active cases as of May 18; to date, it has recorded total cases of 7.82 lakh. Dhaka is under limited lockdown. *Source: Our World in DataFRANCE
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
NEWARK, UNITED STATES
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)
HONG KONG
ISTANBUL, TURKEY