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\n More than 73,000 people in the Chinese capital have received the first dose of the vaccine
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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<\/a> season in February.\n <\/p>\n

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<\/a> reported Sunday, including community workers and bus drivers.<\/p>\n

Health authorities on New Year’s Eve granted “conditional” app<\/a>roval to a vaccine candidate made by Chinese pharma giant Sinopharm, which the company said had a 79 percent efficacy rate.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Some were wearing two layers of surgical face masks.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

“I believe any adverse effects will be controllable,” he said.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Health officials said gyms and empty factories were among centres being used for the vaccination programme.<\/p>\n

China plans to vaccinate millions this winter in the run-up to Lunar New Year in mid-February.<\/p>\n

Beijing has already administered around 4.5 million doses of largely unproven emergency vaccines this year\u2014mostly to health workers and other state employees destined for overseas jobs, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

China\u2014where the coronavirus first emerged late in 2019\u2014has broadly stamped out the virus inside its borders, introducing swift local lockdowns and mass testing when cases emerge. <\/p>\n

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.\n <\/p>\n\n

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