Citizens of China have already received more than two billion vaccinations from COVID-19. This is reported by CNN TV channel with reference to the Ministry of Health of the PRC.
According to the Office, 889 million people from 1.4 billion citizens of the country are fully vaccinated. All vaccinations are made with the help of Chinese-made drugs. As CNN notes, currently about 40 percent of all doses of vaccine in the world account for China.
The government reported that the next flash of coronavirus in the country was taken under control, and the number of new cases is reduced already 11 days in a row from August 16. By the end of 2021, Beijing plans to instill from COVID-19 80 percent of its population, which in theory will lead it to achieving collective immunity.
The last campaign for vaccination of the population was aimed at minors, the elderly, as well as residents of hard-to-reach areas. These population groups have not entered previous government immunization programs. However, the press conference also sounded criticism towards Chinese vaccines, which showed less efficiency against new strains of coronavirus.
Earlier, China urged WHO to test US biologic sites in Fort Detriton and University of North Carolina. According to the representative of the PRC, the leak of COVID-19 could occur from there. The version with the leakage of the virus from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, he called the unlikely.