Vice Minister of National Health Commission, Director of the vaccine R&D working group under the State Council’s inter-agency taskforce Zeng Yixin answering questions about the Covid-19 vaccination of key groups of population during a press conference in Beijing on Saturday (Dec19, 2020). - AFP
BEIJING, Dec 19 (Reuters): China will focus first on vaccinating high-risk groups over the winter and spring before widening the inoculation to the general public, a senior health official said on Saturday.
Zeng Yixin, vice minister of China's National Health Commission (NHC) and director of State Council's vaccine R&D working group, warned that China's Covid-19 prevention efforts were under increasing pressure as temperatures fall.
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