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Beijing vaccinates thousands in Covid-19 jab drive

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Nation | by AFP


Beijing,

Thousands of people lined up in Beijing Monday to receive a Covid-19 vaccine as China races to inoculate millions before the Chinese New Year mass travel season in February.

More than 73,000 people in the Chinese capital have received the first dose of the vaccine over the last couple of days, state media reported Sunday, including community workers and bus drivers.

Health authorities on New Year’s Eve granted “conditional” approval to a vaccine candidate made by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm, which the company said had a 79 percent efficacy rate…

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Flag by the Shaanxi Government Building – Xi’an

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