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Over 206m Chinese aged 60 and older complete COVID-19 vaccination

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-11-30 18:37
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BEIJING - Over 215 million Chinese people aged 60 and above have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines. Out of that number, 206 million have completed their vaccination against the virus, a health official said Tuesday.

Voluntary vaccination among the elderly has been progressing steadily across the country, said Cui Gang, an official with the National Health Commission (NHC), at a press conference.

According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics last May, the population of Chinese people on the mainland aged 60 and above reached 264.02 million.

Another NHC official Zheng Zhongwei pointed out that the COVID-19 vaccination rates among people aged above 70 and 80 remained low in some regions. Zheng said more work should be done to expedite vaccination for those in these age groups.

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