People line up to get vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccines in Dadong District of Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, May 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
BEIJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- More than 435 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in China as of Tuesday, the National Health Commission said on Wednesday.
Recent reports of new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland have served to boost the vaccination demand.
The record for daily COVID-19 vaccine doses administered was broken four times between May 13 and 17, with the daily total exceeding 12 million throughout the period, according to the commission.