China's children may be next in line for Covid-19 vaccines

A woman tends to a baby in a pram as a girl waits to cross a junction near a vaccination site in Beijing on May 11, 2021. If China is to meet its tentative goal of vaccinating 80% of its population against the Covid-19 by the end of 2021, tens of millions of children may have to start rolling up their sleeves. - AP

TAIPEI, June 11 (AP): If China is to meet its tentative goal of vaccinating 80% of its population against the coronavirus by the end of the year, tens of millions of children may have to start rolling up their sleeves.

Regulators took the first step last week by approving the use of the country's Sinovac vaccine for children aged 3 to 17, though no announcement has been made about when the shots will start.