Last week, tenants of an office building in Beijing’s Chaoyang district were informed that new recruits would not be allowed to enter without producing a Covid-19 vaccination certificate. Instead, a notice said they should go directly to a vaccination facility and get a jab. The building management later apologised after complaints were made to the mayor’s hotline, but said it was only following orders from lower-level government. Meanwhile, primary schools in Dongcheng district were urging pupils’ parents and grandparents to take jabs and promising to commemorate classes with high numbers of inoculated families, while district authorities in Shanghai tried to tempt people to have a vaccine by offering cooking oil, milk and cash coupons.