Beijing vaccinates over 80 percent of residents

The inoculation rate of the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for Beijing residents had surpassed 80 percent as of Sunday, Beijing Daily reported.

As of 10 am on Sunday, the capital city had administered 30.95 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, with about 16.88 million residents fully inoculated, according to Beijing Daily.

The vaccination rate of the first shot of the coronavirus vaccine had reached 86.7 percent for people aged 18 and older. Around 14.13 million residents aged 18 and above had been fully vaccinated by Sunday morning.

The number of seniors aged over 60 and above in the capital who received vaccination reached 2.34 million, and the eldest who got vaccinated is 106 years old.

So far, the capital city has provided vaccinations to 28,161 foreigners and 7,765 Hong Kong and Macao residents living and working on the Chinese mainland.

All districts in Beijing have strengthened concerted efforts for herd immunity.

For example, as part of the rollout more than 390 vaccination sites opened in the capital city every day, and over 7,000 medical staff administered doses. Daily inoculation capacity in Beijing reached 400,000 doses per day.

In addition to setting up large and medium-sized temporary vaccination sites, Beijing's Daxing, Changping, Fangshan and Huairou districts also opened night vaccination sites to provide convenience for office workers who are busy during the day.