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Chinese residents do not need to pay for COVID-19 vaccines or the
service fees for the vaccination, a senior health official said on
Saturday. Li Tao, deputy director of the National Healthcare Security
Administration, said as more COVID-19 vaccines receive conditional
government approval, the costs for mass vaccination will be covered by
the accumulated deposits of the medical insurance fund and the
government's public finance. The costs will not influence the current medical insurance fund or
people using the fund for reimbursement of other diseases, she said at a
news conference held by the State Council Information Office. Zeng Yixin, vice-minister of the National Health Commission, said
China has started offering free shots of COVID-19 vaccines among some
key groups of individuals since Dec 15 and the costs have been covered
by local governments. Free vaccination means the vaccines are free and getting inoculated is also free, he said. Several places had charged people for the vaccination and they have
been asked by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State
Council to rectify the practice, he added.
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