An elderly woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a community in Beijing's Haidian district on March 14, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - China has expanded the target population for COVID-19 vaccination to include people aged 60 years old and above, the National Health Commission said Thursday.

People aged 18 and above are covered under the current vaccination program, said a document on COVID-19 vaccination issued by the commission on its official website.

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It is recommended that people aged 60 and above get vaccinated as they are at high risk of severe symptoms and death after being infected with the virus, said the document.

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