95m Chinese aged 12-17 receive COVID-19 vaccine jabs
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Updated: 2021-09-16 17:30
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BEIJING -- More than 95 million Chinese aged between 12 and 17 had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday, China's National Health Commission said Thursday.
Over 170 million shots had been administered in total to people of this age group, said Lei Zhenglong, an NHC official on epidemic control, at a press conference of the State Council inter-agency task force for COVID-19 response.
More than 200 million people aged 60 or above had also been vaccinated against coronavirus, with a total of 390 million jabs given, he added.
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