BEIJING — China's capital of Beijing has started offering
domestically developed COVID-19 vaccines to foreigners, the city's foreign
affairs office said on Friday.
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Foreigners without the city-backed insurance scheme will pay
93.5 yuan ($14.29 at current exchange rates) per dose for the two shot-based regimen, while vaccination
would be free for those covered by the insurance.
In its notice on social media, the city did not identify the
vaccines to be given to non-Chinese, but said they would make use of
"inactivated" coronavirus, killed to ensure it cannot infect people
but can trigger immune response.
Three of the four Chinese vaccines approved for general
public use are in the inactivated category. Two are from units of China
National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) and one from Sinovac Biotech.
Millions of doses made by Sinopharm and Sinovac have been
supplied overseas via exports or donations.
On Tuesday, the commercial hub of Shanghai said it would
allow non-Chinese to make vaccination reservations from next week.
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