Only 40 percent of those age 80 or older have had booster shots. Officials said they will go door-to-door and bring vaccines to nursing homes to lift that number.
Category: China
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China Says It Will Do More to Vaccinate Older People Against Covid
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China Protests Over ‘Zero Covid’ Follow Months of Economic Pain
The New York Times – Business:President Xi Jinping’s unbending approach to the pandemic has hurt businesses and strangled growth, squeezing the world’s second-largest economy.
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Proud, Scared and Conflicted. What the China Protesters Told Me.
The New York Times – Business:In more than a dozen interviews, young people explained how the events of the past few days became what one called a “tipping point.”
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China to Launch 3 Astronauts to New Space Station: How to Watch
The New York Times – Business:The crew will set off from a secretive desert launch center to rendezvous with fellow astronauts aboard Tiangong, the country’s newly completed outpost in orbit.
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Chinese Unrest Over Lockdowns Upends Global Economic Outlook
The New York Times – Business:Growing protests in the world’s biggest manufacturing nation add a new element of uncertainty atop the Ukraine war, an energy crisis and inflation.
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China Is Finally Trying to Fix Its Housing Crisis
The New York Times – Business:After a year on the sidelines, Beijing this week took steps to get hundreds of billions of dollars into the hands of the country’s flailing real estate developers.
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iPhone Factory Protest Challenges China’s ‘Zero Covid’ Rules
The New York Times – Business:Protests are rising as China enacts more lockdowns and quarantines, with no end in sight. The defiance is a test of Xi Jinping’s authoritarian leadership.
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Outbreaks Test China’s Efforts to Limit the Cost of ‘Zero Covid’
The New York Times – Business:China wants to fine-tune its stringent pandemic restrictions to reduce the disruption to daily life caused by lockdowns. But officials are still taking few chances.