Around 1.24 billion people in China fully vaccinated against COVID-19

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua): Nearly 1.24 billion people across the Chinese mainland had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday, a Chinese health official said Saturday.

Close to 3.22 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the mainland by Friday, Mi Feng, spokesperson for the National Health Commission, told a press conference.

Cautioning against letting the guard down in the face of the still-raging pandemic, Mi called for earlier, faster and stricter implementation of current measures for COVID-19 prevention and control.