(Source: China Daily)

Beijing starts COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 3-11

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-10-29 09:27

A medical worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a girl student at the Hangtian Campus of the Beijing Yuying School in Beijing, Aug 21, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING -- Beijing started rolling out COVID-19 vaccination on Thursday for children aged between 3 and 11 in the Chinese capital.

Children who have been infected with COVID-19 can receive the vaccine jab six months after the infection.

As of Wednesday, over 20.47 million people in Beijing had completed their vaccination against COVID-19. A total of 42.5 million vaccine jabs had been administered in the city.