BEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese health official said Friday that it is a "pressing" task to step up COVID-19 vaccination across the country amid mounting risk of virus variation.
He Qinghua, an official with the National Health Commission (NHC), made the remarks at a press conference in Beijing.
Citing statistics from the World Health Organization, He said that the variations of novel coronavirus are increasingly frequent.
Approximately 366.91 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered across China as of Thursday, according to the NHC.