About 2.9 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered on the Chinese mainland so far, the National Health Commission announced on Sunday.
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Moreover, the commission added that more than 1.22 billion people have been fully vaccinated as of Saturday.
Last month, China reported the first Omicron case in the northern city of Tianjin, according to National Health Commission.
The infection was discovered in a traveler who arrived in the city from overseas on December 9.
It is worth mentioning that the new Omicron version, which was initially discovered in South Africa, has heightened global anxieties because it is thought to be more deadly than the delta variant.
The World Health Organization (WHO) designated it as a “variant of concern” on Friday.
