China vaccinating at staggering pace after slow start Chinese public health leaders now say they are hoping to inoculate 80% of the population of 1.4 billion by the end of the year Associated Press Reporter 03 June, 2021 13:47
China has stepped up its vaccination programme, giving out 100 million shots of its Covid-19 jabs in the span of just five days last month.
After a slow start, China is now doing what virtually no other country in the world can: Leveraging the power and all-encompassing reach of its one-party system and a maturing domestic vaccine industry to administer shots at a staggering pace.
The rollout is far from perfect, including uneven distribution, but Chinese public health leaders now say they are hoping to inoculate 80% of the population of 1.4 billion by the end of the year.
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China has fully mobilized its COVID-19vaccination efforts after overcoming a series of hurdles, with 100 million shots administered in five days last month.
As of Wednesday, China administered more than 700 million doses, with half of those doses given in May alone. The number represents about a third of shots distributed globally.
China received emergency approval from the World Health Organization (WHO) for its Sinopharm vaccine on May 7 - making it just one of six vaccines at the organization s disposal - but health officials had previously admitted that the vaccines developed by China were not highly effective.
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