China aims to vaccinate entire city in five days after Covid outbreak

Residents wearing masks line up for a Covid-19 vaccination at the Jingcheng Hospital in Ruili Share this article 02/04/2021 | 08:04 AM By Associated Press Reporter A Chinese border city hit by a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 has started a five-day drive to vaccinate its entire population of 300,000 people. State broadcaster CCTV showed people lining up and getting vaccinated in Ruili, where 16 cases have been confirmed since Tuesday. Twelve of them are Chinese and the other four are nationals of Myanmar, which lies across the border. A city Communist Party official told CCTV the previous day that 159,000…