Beijing vaccination rate tops 80 per cent as China nears one billion shots


Beijing has given out a total of 33.4 million Covid vaccine doses. - AFP

BEIJING (Bloomberg): Beijing has fully vaccinated more than 80% of its adult residents, as the Chinese capital leads other global hubs in the race for herd immunity against Covid-19.

The city has given out a total of 33.4 million Covid vaccine doses since China kicked off its campaign to vaccinate its more than 1.4 billion people in December, according to state-run newspaper the Beijing Daily. Some 15.6 million of the city’s residents had been fully vaccinated as of Wednesday (June 16), accounting for 72.4% of its total population.

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