Beijing city mandates Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for some workers

Beijing city is demanding a Covid-19 vaccine booster shot for some key workers, making it the first key Chinese metropolis to publicly articulate a booster mandate, as the country combats a fresh outbreak caused by the highly transmissible Delta variant.

Having vaccinated about 76 percent of its 1.41 billion population with complete doses as of Oct 23, China is pushing eligible people to get an additional injection, in a bid to strengthen immunity...