China has not vaccinated enough old people, making it difficult to abandon its zero-Covid policy.
Faced with unprecedented protests against Covid restrictions, the Chinese authorities have said they are ramping up their vaccination campaign among the elderly.
The latest figures from the Chinese authorities, released as lockdown protests erupted across the country, suggest a marked jump in these over-80s vaccination rates to about 40% fully vaccinated with a booster. "Many old people have underlying diseases. They reckon it won't be safe to get vaccinated. But in fact, it is safe." he said.
"Unlike planned immunisation for children, community health facilities don't have a full name list and schedules for the elderly, and they don't have an existing process to ensure proper vaccination coverage for them."
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