China’s ‘Dr Fauci’ tries to boost Covid-19 vaccination drive

One of China’s most trusted medical experts has urged the public to get their Covid-19 jabs as soon as possible as Beijing’s priorities shift from vaccine diplomacy to mass inoculation at home.Zhang Wenhong – whose public appearances have made him a household name in China and led descriptions of him as China’s “Dr Fauci” – issued his appeal to his 3.6 million followers on Weibo.Zhang, the director of Shanghai’s Huashan Hospital’s department of infectious diseases, wrote: “Since June 11 2021,…

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