BEIJING — China had administered over 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday as it reached another milestone toward building herd immunity by the end of this year, data from the National Health Commission shows.
The country delivered over 20.2 million doses on Saturday, bringing the total number of doses administered nationwide to 1.01 billion, the commission said on Sunday.In the past week, China had given about 20 million doses daily, up from about 4.8 million doses in April and nearly 12.5 million doses in May.
The country is now capable of administering 100 million doses in about six days, commission data shows.Experts and officia…
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