A medical worker checks vaccine information at a COVID-19 vaccination site of Jingcheng Hospital in Ruili City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 1, 2021.Photo:Xinhua
Ruili in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, a border city where the latest COVID-19 flare-up in China has occurred, opened vaccination registration for residents to build herd immunity as soon as possible amid the epidemic, the Yunnan government announced Sunday.
In order to build herd immunity and protect people amid the epidemic, the Yunnan provincial authorities have urgently deployed a batch of vaccines to Ruili while 25 vaccination sites have been set up, the Yunnan government said on its official WeChat account.
Currently, Ruili residents can only register on their mobile phones for an appointment at one of the 25 vaccination sites. Mobile phone registration services for the other sites will be available soon, the Ruili government said.
Ruili has reported 36 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 51 asymptomatic cases as of Saturday, according to Yunnan's provincial health authority.
The city launched a citywide vaccination drive on Thursday and vowed to vaccinate all people qualified for vaccination among its 300,000 residents before Tuesday.
A total of 159,000 doses of vaccines have been urgently deployed for Ruili and 66,000 arrived in the city on Thursday night, according to media reports.