U.S., Israel Years Ahead of Europe in Early Race for Covid Shots

The U.S. is on pace to vaccinate 75% of its population against Covid-19 this year, while Canada would need almost a decade to reach that coverage level, according to Bloomberg’s Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker.

The starkly different trajectories show how unevenly countries around the world have kicked off the largest mass vaccination drive in history. The U.K. and Israel are also on a path to administer a two-dose vaccine regimen to three-quarters of people this year -- reaching a rough estimate for when herd immunity might kick in -- while much of Europe would need a few years for that.