Over 1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses given out in China; govt plans further rollout

This file photo taken on Sept 24, 2020 shows a staff member checking vaccines during a media tour of a new factory built to produce a coronavirus vaccine at Sinovac, one of 11 Chinese companies approved to carry out clinical trials of potential coronavirus vaccines, in Beijing. - AFP

BEIJING, Dec 19 (Bloomberg): China said it has already administered more than 1 million coronavirus vaccines since July and plans to distribute more, initially targeting workers in industries where they’re at higher risk of infection as the country seeks to be at the vanguard of the global Covid-19 immunisation effort.

Vaccines developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. and the state-owned China National Biotec Group Co., known as CNBG, have been dispensed in the country since they were granted emergency-use authorization in July.