BEIJING: More than 95 million Chinese aged between 12 and 17 had been vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Wednesday, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) said Thursday.
Over 170 million shots had been administered in total to people of this age group, said Lei Zhenglong, an NHC official on epidemic control, at a press conference of the State Council inter-agency task force for COVID-19 response.
More than 200 million people aged 60 or above had also been vaccinated against coronavirus, with a total of 390 million jabs given, he added. In order to prevent COVID spread, China will curtail public transport service in COVID-19 risk areas in east China’s Fujian Province, the Ministry of Transport said Thursday.
Local authorities will suspend intercity bus, taxi and ride-hailing service in COVID-19 high and medium risk areas in Fujian.
The public should be informed of the changes and get full fare refund, the ministry said. Fujian Province reported 48 new locally-transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases in the cities of Xiamen, Quanzhou and Putian Wednesday, the provincial health commission said Thursday.
–The Daily Mail-CGTN News exchange item
