Forbes - The Countries Vaccinating Most

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Around the world, more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in 64 countries. While the U.S. has only vaccinated about 8% of the country’s population, our country is actually leading the total number of doses given -- followed by China, the U.K., Israel and India. But even though the U.S. has given a large number of doses, it’s lagging when it comes to percent of total population vaccinated. See which countries are doing the best when it comes to vaccinating large swaths of the population, and which ones are behind.

Business

CVS says that it will have 250,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines available in some stores starting next week. 

Senate Democrats plan to move Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan forward with or without bipartisan support. 

 A new survey finds that Super Bowl betting could decrease nearly 40% due to the pandemic.

Science & Health

Early results show that Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92% effective against preventing symptomatic Covid-19, but it likely won’t come to the U.S. 

Here’s how to get Covid-19 vaccines to homebound older adults.

What Else We Are Reading

• The Vaccine Line Is Illogical (The Atlantic)

• 'We were in the dark': why the US is far behind in tracking Covid-19 variants (The Guardian)

• Vaccine Nationalism Harms Everyone and Protects No One (Foreign Policy)