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A Chinese health official said Friday that it is a "pressing" task to step up COVID-19 vaccination across the country amid mounting risk of virus variation. He Qinghua, an official with the National Health Commission (NHC), made the remarks at a press conference in Beijing. Citing statistics from the World Health Organization, He said that the variations of novel coronavirus are increasingly frequent. Approximately 366.91 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered across China as of Thursday, according to the NHC. Enditem
