China now vaccinating at staggering pace after slow start
China has stepped up its vaccination programme, giving out 100 million shots of its Covid-19 jabs in the span of just five days last month. After a slow start, China is now doing what virtually no other country in the world can: Leveraging the power and all-encompassing reach of its one-party system and a maturing domestic vaccine industry to administer shots at a staggering pace. The rollout is far from perfect, including uneven distribution, but Chinese public health leaders now say they are hoping to inoculate 80% of the population of 1.4 billion by the end of the year. As of Wednesday, Ch...