China administers 9.6m COVID-19 vaccines in one day

China carried out about 9.6 million vaccinations against COVID-19 on April 29, bringing the total number administered to 253.46 million.

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This was according to data released by the National Health Commission on Friday.

This is the  highest daily dose number since China started to report vaccination figures on a daily basis.

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