<p>Britain has vaccinated more people against Covid-19 than the 27-nation European Union put together, according to an AFP tally on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Since Britain approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in early December, more than 1.3 million people have received a first jab, nearly two per cent of the population.</p>.<p>In contrast, EU countries, which mostly launched their vaccination drives between December 26 and 29, have altogether inoculated 1.1 million people -- a mere 0.2 per cent of their total population.</p>.<p>On Monday Britain also began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.</p>.<p>Of the bloc's member states, Germany has carried out the most injections with 367,331, ahead of Italy (260,948), Poland (140,226), Spain (139,339) and Denmark (63,312).</p>.<p>The EU has been using doses of the jab produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.</p>.<p>A second vaccine, by US pharma company Moderna, was given the green light on Wednesday by the EU authorities.</p>.<p>Britain has yet to approve the jab and has been criticised for not ordering shipments of it early enough.</p>.<p>In contrast to Europe, the US -- which has the world's biggest death toll -- has vaccinated 4.84 million people, or 1.5 per cent of the population with both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech shots.</p>.<p>And trailblazing Israel is getting close to injecting a fifth of its people.</p>.<p>China had given shots to more than 4.5 million (or 0.3 per cent of the population) by December 31.</p>.<p>All these countries started injecting well before the EU.</p>.<p>The Netherlands only started vaccinating Wednesday, the last EU member to do so.</p>.<p>France too is lagging, having only given over 7,000 doses, while Austria (8,360), Bulgaria (5,448) and Ireland (4,000), have inoculated less than 0.1 per cent of their populations.</p>.<p>When it comes to a proportion of the population, Denmark has vaccinated the most in the EU, inoculating 1.1 per cent of its population, nearly three times higher than Germany and Italy.</p>
<p>Britain has vaccinated more people against Covid-19 than the 27-nation European Union put together, according to an AFP tally on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Since Britain approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in early December, more than 1.3 million people have received a first jab, nearly two per cent of the population.</p>.<p>In contrast, EU countries, which mostly launched their vaccination drives between December 26 and 29, have altogether inoculated 1.1 million people -- a mere 0.2 per cent of their total population.</p>.<p>On Monday Britain also began rolling out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.</p>.<p>Of the bloc's member states, Germany has carried out the most injections with 367,331, ahead of Italy (260,948), Poland (140,226), Spain (139,339) and Denmark (63,312).</p>.<p>The EU has been using doses of the jab produced by Pfizer-BioNTech.</p>.<p>A second vaccine, by US pharma company Moderna, was given the green light on Wednesday by the EU authorities.</p>.<p>Britain has yet to approve the jab and has been criticised for not ordering shipments of it early enough.</p>.<p>In contrast to Europe, the US -- which has the world's biggest death toll -- has vaccinated 4.84 million people, or 1.5 per cent of the population with both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech shots.</p>.<p>And trailblazing Israel is getting close to injecting a fifth of its people.</p>.<p>China had given shots to more than 4.5 million (or 0.3 per cent of the population) by December 31.</p>.<p>All these countries started injecting well before the EU.</p>.<p>The Netherlands only started vaccinating Wednesday, the last EU member to do so.</p>.<p>France too is lagging, having only given over 7,000 doses, while Austria (8,360), Bulgaria (5,448) and Ireland (4,000), have inoculated less than 0.1 per cent of their populations.</p>.<p>When it comes to a proportion of the population, Denmark has vaccinated the most in the EU, inoculating 1.1 per cent of its population, nearly three times higher than Germany and Italy.</p>