China administers over 1b COVID-19 vaccine doses


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A woman receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Shushan district of Hefei, East China's Anhui province, May 15, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] 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...