Children in China Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations

Children in China will soon receive COVID-19 vaccines where 76% of the population has been fully vaccinated, reported VOA on October 25, 2021.

Local governments in at least five China provinces issued notices recently announcing that children ages 3-11 will be required to get their COVID-19 vaccinations.

The expended vaccination campaign comes as parts of China take efforts to reduce small outbreaks.

China's National Health Commission reported 31 provincial-level regions, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps on the Chinese mainland reported 59 new cases of confirmed infections on October 26, 2021.

In particular, China's government is concerned about spreading contagious virus variants ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022.

To celebrate 100 days until the beginning of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the committee posted 100 facts about the Winter Olympics.

China's most widely used vaccines, from Sinopharm and Sinovac, have shown efficacy in preventing severe disease and transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.

On October 14, 2021, the journal Nature published an article saying, 'China's CoronaVac and Sinopharm vaccines account for almost half of the 7.3 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered globally, and have been enormously important in fighting the pandemic.'