Covid in China: Xi Jinping and other leaders given domestic vaccine – BBC


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By Elsa Maishman BBC News President Xi Jinping and other top politicians have been given domestically produced Covid vaccines, China has said. The news was released as part of a campaign to increase vaccination rates, especially of boosters. The deputy head of China's National Health Commission, Zeng Yixin, said it showed the leadership's confidence in the Chinese vaccines. Health information about these figures is not usually shared with the public. Mr Zeng said the country's leaders had "all taken the home-grown Covid-19 vaccination jabs". He added: "This has fully displayed that they attach great importance to the epidemic prevention and...