China's medical insurance fund paid US$21.55 billion COVID vaccine expenses in 2021-22
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Students from Peking University take the COVID-19 vaccine in this file photo.
China's total settlement of COVID-19 vaccine expenses from its medical insurance fund nationwide was more than 150 billion yuan (US$21.55 billion) in 2021-22, the National Health care Security Administration said in a statement on Thursday.
The health insurance fund paid PCR testing expenses worth 4.3 billion yuan in 2022, the administration said.
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