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Beijing administers over 2m COVID-19 vaccine doses to children

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-12-09 15:30
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A medical worker inoculates a child with the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Haidian district of Beijing, capital of China, Dec 5, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING -- As of 4 pm Wednesday, more than 2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Beijing to the city's children aged between 3 and 11, local authorities said Thursday.

Starting from Oct 28, the Chinese capital began offering COVID-19 vaccination to children aged between 3 and 11. Nearly 1.37 million minors of this age group have been vaccinated.

Children between 3 and 11 can only be inoculated under the condition that their guardians have been well-informed and offer their voluntary consent.

Starting in mid-October this year, besides Beijing, a growing number of Chinese provincial-level regions including Hubei and Liaoning have expanded their COVID-19 vaccination programs to cover children from the age of 3, rather than limiting vaccination to those aged 12 and above, as was previously the case.

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