BEIJING -- The Chinese capital Beijing has administered coronavirus vaccines to more than 9.57 million people, local authorities said on April 1.

The city government said that by Wednesday, a total of 15.39 million doses of domestically developed COVID-19 vaccines had been administered.

Beijing began vaccinating willing elderly residents in good health in mid-March.

Foreign nationals in the city can now also apply to receive vaccines, according to the municipal foreign affairs office.