Myanmar’s military-controlled health ministry expects half of the population to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this year, Reuters reported.

The state-run Global New Light of Myanmar reported that only about 1.6 million people had been inoculated out of a population of 54 million but said “vaccines are constantly being imported to ensure that 100% of the population is fully vaccinated”.

The report said that about 750,000 Chinese vaccine doses would arrive on Thursday and more over the following two days.