Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, speaks at a teleconference on the country's COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Beijing, capital of China, March 22, 2021. The teleconference was held by the State Council inter-agency task force for COVID-19 response. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)
BEIJING, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan has urged accelerating the country's COVID-19 vaccination campaign and boosting its vaccination rate.
Sun said this on Monday at a teleconference on vaccination held by the State Council inter-agency task force for COVID-19 response.
China has approved four vaccines against COVID-19 for conditional marketing and another vaccine for emergency use, with a vastly increased production capacity, she noted.
Sun urged departments and localities to improve organization and coordination to ensure that vaccination objectives are achieved on schedule. Enditem