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COVID-19 vaccination rate among elderly further increases in China

People's Daily Online

(Xinhua) 13:11, June 03, 2022

BEIJING, June 2 (Xinhua) -- More than 218 million Chinese aged 60 or above, or 82.66 percent of the country's senior citizens, have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, an increase of about 1 million people from 10 days ago, an official said Thursday.

Among them, over 169 million have received a booster shot, Lei Zhenglong, an official with the National Health Commission, told a press conference.



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