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More than 167 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have now been delivered in China, making it the country with the second largest number of vaccinations in the world - behind the US on 187 million.

China's total would equate to about 12% of its population but last week the official People’s Daily signalled that the majority of vaccine recipients had also received second doses, and that statistically, the percentage of the population fully vaccinated was still in the single digits .

China says it needs 70-80% of its population vaccinated in order to achieve herd immunity and has ambitious plans to vaccinate 40% of the population by the end of June.

But it is struggling to see uptake. On average, some three to four million vaccine doses are being administered per day, even though national newspaper Global Times says China has capability to administer 10 million shots daily .

This is partly due to China being slow to include the elderly in its vaccination programme. A significant proportion of China’s population are over 60, owing to decades of birth controls under the now-abolished one-child policy.

Over-60s have only just begun receiving vaccines, and there is still caution over widespread rollout due to there being insufficient data on how this demographic will respond in clinical trials .

But there are also more general, human nature concerns about vaccine safety. Last week, official broadcaster CCTV tried to dispel fears about getting vaccinated, noting there were concerns among the public over adverse reactions and the safety and efficacy of China’s vaccines .

It also noted there was a general resistance to getting vaccinated due to China having its Covid-19 situation largely under control and many not feeling it was "necessary" .