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Beijing issues vaccination mandate amid new cases

BEIJING said yesterday people eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations will have to take the shot before they enter crowded venues, in the Chinese capital’s first such mandate for the general public as it faces new sporadic cases.

From July 11, people wishing to enter venues such as libraries, cinemas and gyms would need to be vaccinated unless they have issues that render them unsuitable for the product, a city official told a news briefing.

China has already required higher risk employees, such as those working in public transport sector and cold-chain industry, to be vaccinated, and Beijing City had fully inoculated 97.7 percent of its adult residents as of last September.

Still, the city is urging residents to get booster shots and is trying to persuade the elderly, a group with lower vaccination rate than younger adults, to be jabbed.

As of April 17, 80.6 percent of those aged 60 and above in Beijing had received their first dose. The city reported three new local COVID-19 cases yesterday as of 3pm.




 

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