China: No Hospitals, Schools, Parks for Unvaccinated People

Unvaccinated people in parts of China will be denied access to public services including hospitals, schools and nursing homes, CNN reported on Friday.

Dozens of county-level governments in at least eight provinces have been publishing, over the past week, notices in which they warned citizens they have until late July or early August to receive their vaccinations, after which they will face a variety of restrictions on everyday life.

"Everyone is responsible for the prevention and control of the epidemic, and vaccination starts with me!" read one notice issued this week by Dingnan county in Jiangxi province, which is home to about 220,000 people.

Moreover, the notice added that "in principal" unvaccinated residents would be denied access to schools, public transport and medical facilities, among other amenities and services, starting from July 26.

This measure has taken place as the ruling Communist Party outlined its goal of achieving so-called "herd immunity" by December this year. Furthermore, China targets an inoculation rate of at least 80% against Covid-19.

Meanwhile, the China mainland on Thursday reported 36 imported COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission noted in its daily report on Friday.

Among the imported cases, 15 were reported in Yunnan, six in Shanghai, four each in Tianjin and Guangdong, two each in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and one each in Henan, Sichuan and Shaanxi.

In the same vein, confirmed cases of COVID-19 have passed 188.9 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. In addition, the number of confirmed deaths stands at more than 4.06 million.

More than 3.54 billion vaccination doses have been administered globally.