Vaccination figures good but still not enough

The Beijing Municipal Health Commission had procured more than 30.05 million vaccine doses by Tuesday, according to a China Central TV report, and vaccinated 16.4 million of the city's more than 20 million residents with either one or both doses.

That's good progress from the 5 million doses that had been administered as of March 2 and 10 million as of April 2. Beijing leads the vaccination rate in the country, strengthening China's overall fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Till Tuesday, 70.2 percent of those aged 18 or above had been vaccinated, with the percentage for those working in the healthcare and tourism sectors as high as 90 percent.