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China's Wuhan administers over 17mn Covid vaccine doses
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Beijing, July 21 (TIWN) Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei Province once hard hit by Covid-19, has administered over 17.1 million doses of coronavirus vaccines as of 5 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the municipal health commission.
The city started ramping up its vaccination efforts to cover people aged 60 and above from March 23. Local health authorities have set up a total of 336 vaccination sites to meet the vaccination demands, according to the commission. So far, about 77.63 per cent of the city's adult population has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, said the commission.
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