A lot more than 22 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered in China
27 January, 2021
China has administered about 22.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, a health official stated on Wednesday (Jan 27), as the united states guidelines up its campaign before next month's Chinese New Year holidays and the accompanying flurry of travelling.
The world's most populous nation has widened its targeted inoculation scheme since mid-December to include more priority groups facing higher threat of virus exposure, in a bid to prevent any outbreaks in winter and spring.
"Overall, the work is progressing in a good smooth and orderly manner," Zeng Yixin, vice director of the National Health Commission, told a good news conference, discussing the vaccination effort.
China aims to vaccinate 50 million persons prior to the Chinese New Year in February, talk about media Global Situations said this month.
The nationwide vaccine scheme now prioritises important groups such as employees in medical, transport and food services, employees and students going abroad. Older people and others must wait.
However, the Chaoyang district in the administrative centre, Beijing, has recently started offering vaccines to citizens outside the house essential groups.
Some communities in the district of Dongcheng said residents aged between 18 and 59 can join inoculation given that they have no medical conditions that may make vaccination unsuitable. But they did not say when doses will be available.
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