China says annual production capacity of COVID-19 vaccine to reach 610 million

BEIJING, China ࢀ" China’s COVID-19 vaccine development programme is in a “leading position” and Beijing expects annual production capacity to reach over 600 million doses by the end of the year, officials said Friday. China has been bullish about the development of its coronavirus vaccine as scientists around the world race to halt the deadly pathogen which has caused global chaos and killed almost a million people. Health officials told reporters at a press conference Friday that China expects to be able to produce 610 million vaccine doses annually by the end of this year, and at least one billion…