China To Give COVID Vaccine To Children As Young As Three
Category: World News
Children as young as 3 will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines in China, where
76 percent of the population has been fully vaccinated and authorities are
maintaining a zero-tolerance policy toward outbreaks.
China
becomes one of the very few countries in the world to start vaccinating
children that young against the virus.
Cuba, for one, has begun a
vaccine drive for children as young as 2.
The US and many European
countries allow COVID-19 shots down to age 12, though the US is moving quickly
toward opening vaccinations to 5- to 11-year-olds.
Local city and
provincial level governments in at least five Chinese provinces issued notices
in recent days announcing that children ages 3 to 11 will be required to get
their vaccinations.
The expansion of the vaccination campaign comes
as parts of China take new clampdown measures to try to stamp out small
outbreaks.
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