Beijing’s widened booster shot rollout will include all people who are involved in the upcoming winter games, either as participants or organizers.
Beijing has begun administering Covid-19 vaccine boosters in the city to what it defines as “at-risk” individuals above the age of 18, as the city and its surrounding regions prepare to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in less than four months....
The 2022 Winter Olympics will take place in Beijing, Yanqing and the neighboring city of Zhangjiakou, and will start on February 4. Unlike this year’s summer games in Tokyo, China plans to allow local spectators to attend the events.2.23 billion. That is the total number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in mainland China so far, inoculating around 80% of the country’s population,Last week, the World Health Organization recommended that people over the age of 60 who have received China’s Sinovac or Sinopharm vaccine shouldfor added protection.