China says one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered

Share China on Sunday said it has administered over one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country. China has accelerated its pace of free COVID-19 vaccinations for the whole nation since late March and administered a billion doses by Saturday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said. The NHC, however, did not say how many people had been vaccinated. So far, a total of 21 COVID-19 vaccines have entered clinical trials in China since last year and the government has granted conditional approval for four vaccines for emergency use, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has…