France, June 13 -- France has met its mid-June target of administering 30 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine -several days ahead of schedule.

In a post on Twitter Saturday, Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed that just under half the population had been at least partially vaccinated.

"Objective reached! Thank you to all those who got vaccinated: it is thanks to you that we will win the battle against the virus," he wrote.

After a difficult start, France'svaccination campaign has been gaining momentum as the eligibility criteria is broadened. Over the past week more than 600,000 injections have been administered per day.

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