More than 500 million doses of vaccines have been given around the world as of Friday, according to an AFP tally. By Friday at 0900 GMT more than 508.3 million doses had been administered in at least 164 countries worldwide. In terms of numbers, the US is way ahead with 133 million jabs given, followed by China with 91 million and India (55.5 million). European Union countries have given 65 million doses between them to 10 percent of the bloc's population. More than a quarter of all doses given so far (26 percent) were in the US.
