December 23, 2020
Medical workers in protective suits work inside an isolated section at a community health service center, which has received patients with mild symptoms caused by the novel coronavirus and suspected patients of the virus, in Qingshan district of Wuhan, Hubei province, China on February 8, 2020.
China Daily via Reuters
As a medical specialist at a public hospital in northeast China, Zhang Quan is at high risk of exposure to the coronavirus.
The 37-year-old gastroenterologist from Anshan, Liaoning province, tries to ward off that danger by wearing masks, washing his hands and taking the coronavirus test at least once a month.
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Chinese county preparing to offer COVID-19 vaccine to residents
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed China flag in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
16 Dec 2020 04:25PM (Updated:
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BEIJING: A small county in China has said it is preparing to offer novel coronavirus vaccinations to residents for about US$65, one of a handful of places in China considering inoculation for members of the general public.
China is inoculating specific groups of people considered at high risk of infection, such as medical workers and border inspectors, with vaccines still in late-stage clinical trials, under an emergency use programme started in July.