Beijing has fully vaccinated more than 80% of its adult residents, as the Chinese capital leads other global hubs in the race for herd immunity against Covid-19.

Other major centers are still working to reach those levels. New York City has inoculated 46.8% of its population, London has reached 34.8% and 34.9% have had both doses in Singapore, according to Bloomberg’s Vaccine Tracker.

Beijing has been leading the government’s push for nationwide vaccination, and authorities have doled out incentives to citizens including eggs, cooking oil and even cash. Employees in the vast state sector have been pressured to get their shots.

In total, China has given out more than 923 million vaccine doses as of Tuesday. With roughly 20 million doled out per day over the past few weeks, the country is set to reach 1 billion doses sometime next week.

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