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There has been an outbreak in the Chinese border city of Ruili Image caption: There has been an outbreak in the Chinese border city of Ruili

Life has largely returned to normal in China, although an outbreak in the city of Ruili, which borders Myanmar, has thrown hundreds of thousands of people back into lockdown this week.

China has been strict about implementing lockdown measures as soon as a single case is identified. Consequently, schools and all but essential businesses have closed in the city, which has a population of about 210,000. Mass testing is being carried out throughout Ruili, and today has been extended to border counties and cities.

So far, 16 symptomatic cases of Covid-19 have been reported since Wednesday, and roughly three times as many asymptomatic cases.

Despite this latest outbreak, within the next couple of weeks China is set to surpass the US and become the country that has carried out the most vaccinations in the world.

So far, 126 million vaccine doses have been administered in China. The country’s national Global Times newspaper says the country now has capacity to carry out 10 million vaccine doses daily. This means, in theory, it could inoculate a billion people within 100 days.

China is accelerating its vaccination programme as it has aims to vaccine 40% of its 1.4bn population by the end of June – that equates to it carrying out 560 million vaccinations.

To date, it has largely prioritised vaccinating people in the 18-59 years of age category, but as of today, it has expanded its vaccination drive to begin targeting people over the age of 60