China passes 1 billion mark in Covid-19 vaccine doses administered


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01:11 PM, 01:13 PM, June 21, 2021 China passes 1 billion mark in Covid-19 vaccine doses administered Some provinces are offering Covid-19 vaccines for free to encourage people to get the jabs.PHOTO: REUTERS The Straits Times The Straits Times China has passed the one billion mark in the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered, the country announced on Sunday (June 20). This is more than a third of the total administered worldwide. In a brief statement, the National Health Commission said that as of Saturday, 1.01 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines had been dispensed. According to a calculation by The...