China administered 31.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for key groups as of February 3

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker has her information verified before receiving her second dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China January 29, 2021. China Daily via REUTERS

China has administered 31.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for key groups of people as of Feb. 3, Mi Feng, spokesman for the National Health Commission, said at a media briefing on Thursday.

China aims to vaccinate 50 million people before the start of the Lunar New Year in February, state media Global Times said in January.

(Reporting by Ryan Woo and Roxanne Liu)