Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Beijing postpones school reopenings due of new Covid outbreak

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Most primary and middle school students in Beijing will not return to school next week. Illness related to a bar cluster has prompted officials to partially reverse decision to resume in-person teaching. China recorded 138 domestic infections on Saturday, including 61 in Beijing and 16 in Shanghai. BEIJING: Most children in Beijing will not return … Read more

Beijing reports 8 new local COVID-19 cases

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BEIJING – Beijing reported eight locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases from 11 a.m. Tuesday to 11 a.m. Wednesday, local authorities said Wednesday. The cases are from the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, Chaoyang District, Tongzhou District, Shunyi District and Xicheng District, according to a press briefing held by the municipal government. Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of … Read more

Beijing reports 3 new local COVID-19 cases

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BEIJING – Beijing reported three new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Sunday, according to local health authorities. Of the three cases, one had been reported as an asymptomatic carrier before and the other two were detected among people under quarantine, said the Beijing Municipal Health Commission. Read more: Beijing reports another new locally-transmitted COVID-19 case … Read more

Beijing administers over 950,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to children

Beijing administers over 950,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to children

BEIJING: As of Thursday, a total of 951,100 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Beijing to the city’s children aged between 3 and 11, said local authorities.

Starting from Oct. 28, the Chinese capital started COVID-19 vaccination for children aged between 3 and 11. More than 950,000 minors of this age group had been vaccinated as of Thursday.

As of Thursday, a total of 21.6 million residents in Beijing had received vaccinations, with nearly 50 million doses administered.

The city’s minors aged between 3 and 11 can only receive the inoculation if they are fully informed, consentient, and willing to get the vaccination. Their guardians should be informed of the vaccination in advance and inform the medical workers of their children’s health conditions.

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