During the vaccination campaign, Chinese doctors have given more than 1 billion COVID-19 vaccinations to residents of the country, TASS reported.

As of June 19, 2021, in 31 administrative units of China, a total of 1.01 billion vaccinations against the new type of coronavirus were made, the message on the department's website says.

Vaccination of priority populations in China began on December 15, 2020.  As of the end of February, the Chinese authorities have distributed vaccines to 54.52 million people in the country. By April 1, 126.6 million vaccinations were made, by May 1 - 270.41 million, and by June 1 - 681.9 million.