Over 1 billion vaccine doses administered nationwide

China had administered over 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday, achieving another milestone toward building herd immunity by the end of this year, data from the National Health Commission shows.

About 20.2 million doses were administered on Saturday, bringing the total number of doses given nationwide to 1.01 billion, the commission said on Sunday.

Over the past week, China has given about 20 million vaccinations daily, up from around 4.8 million doses per day in April and nearly 12.5 million daily doses in May. Currently, the country is capable of administering 100 million doses in about six days, commission data shows.