China passes 1 billion mark in Covid-19 vaccine doses administered

 

China passes 1 billion mark in Covid-19 vaccine doses administered

Some provinces are offering Covid-19 vaccines for free to encourage people to get the jabs.
Some provinces are offering Covid-19 vaccines for free to encourage people to get the jabs.PHOTO: REUTERS

BEIJING - China has passed the one billion mark in the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered, the country announced on Sunday (June 20). This is more than a third of the total administered worldwide. 

In a brief statement, the National Health Commission said that as of Saturday, 1.01 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines had been dispensed. According to a calculation by The Straits Times, some 100 million of those shots were administered in the past five days. 

Even as China battles a wave of cases in the southern province of Guangdong, this is a significant step towards reaching Beijing’s ambitious goal of vaccinating 40 per cent of the country’s population, or about 580 million people, by end-June. 


China was one of the first countries to roll out Covid-19 vaccines last December, approving them for emergency use for front-line workers, those in the service industry, as well as cold-chain logistics workers who the authorities said were at risk of infection through surface contact. 

Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-vaccine-doses-pass-one-billion-mark dated 21 June 2021 

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