coronavirus vaccine center in Beijing on January 4, 2021, as China
races to innoculate millions before the Chinese New Year mass
travel season in February. GREG BAKER / AFP
Thousands of people lined up in Beijing Monday to
receive a Covid-19 vaccine as China races to innoculate millions
before the Chinese New Year mass travel season in
February.
More than 73,000 people in the Chinese capital have received the
first dose of the vaccine over the last couple of days, state media
reported Sunday, including community workers and bus drivers.
Health authorities on New Year’s Eve granted “conditional”
approval to a vaccine candidate made by Chinese pharma giant
Sinopharm, which the company said had a 79 percent efficacy
rate.
An AFP journalist saw people being bussed into a temporary
vaccine centre at a central park, after being instructed to fill in
electronic forms about their health status and any allergies at an
outside gate.
Some were wearing two layers of surgical face masks.
One man surnamed Gu, a catering worker in his 30s, told AFP his
employer had booked him a vaccine appointment at the centre, and
that he wanted the jab “for peace of mind.”
“I believe any adverse effects will be controllable,” he
said.
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Footage from state broadcaster CCTV showed queues outside local
hospitals and community health centres as people waited to read
consent forms and have their temperatures taken before getting
the jab.
Health officials said gyms and empty factories were among
centres being used for the vaccination programme.
China plans to vaccinate millions this winter in the run-up to
Lunar New Year in mid-February.
Beijing has already administered around 4.5 million doses of
largely unproven emergency vaccines this year — mostly to health
workers and other state employees destined for overseas jobs,
according to authorities.
But China now plans a gradual rollout for the vaccine starting
with key groups considered to have a high risk of exposure to the
virus, including port and food logistic workers and people planning
to return to studies abroad.
China — where the coronavirus first emerged late in 2019 — has
broadly stamped out the virus inside its borders, introducing swift
local lockdowns and mass testing when cases emerge.
But the country has stepped up testing and movement controls
after a recent spate of small local outbreaks, including a handful
of cases in Beijing.
AFP
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The Ondo State Government has described the Chief of Protocol to
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Mr Tosin Ogunbodede, who died in a fatal
crash on Saturday, as a loyal and diligent aide.
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Ogunbodede and his driver with one other person were reportedly
involved in the accident when his car rammed into a truck on the
Akure-Ilesa Expressway.
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While Ogunbodede and the driver lost their lives, the third
occupant of the Toyota Corolla car was injured in the crash and is
said to be receiving treatment in a hospital.
The late Chief of Protocol was said to be returning from Ibadan,
Oyo State, when the accident occurred in Ilesa, Osun State.
In a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information
and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo, on Sunday, the government
described the deceased as a responsible legal practitioner.
The statement read in part, “Ogunbodede discharged his assigned
duties with utmost attention and responsibility. Until his untimely
death, he had been a very loyal political lieutenant of Governor
Akeredolu over the years.
“For Governor Akeredolu, this is a personal loss. It becomes
more emotional when it’s recalled that the loyal and dedicated
Tosin stopped by at the governor’s Law Hub, Ibadan, to greet his
principal while returning to Akure from his uncle’s residence.
“Even with a heavy heart, Governor Akeredolu enjoins all to take
solace in the fact of God’s infallibility. He giveth and taketh.
This is just as he expresses the heartfelt condolence of his
immediate family, the government and the good people of Ondo State
to the wife, children as well as the family of his late CoP.”
The statement added that the state government would soon unveil
the burial plans for the deceased after due consultation with his
family.