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Originally Posted by Whitley
People stand in line at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing on July 2.
Mark Schiefelbein/AP
Hong Kong
CNN
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Beijing on July 2nd announced a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for residents to enter public venues, becoming the first city in mainland China to do so as it attempts to contain a highly infectious Omicron subvariant.
From July 11, people will need to show proof of vaccination to enter a wide range of public places in the Chinese capital, including cinemas, libraries, museums, gyms, stadiums and training centers, a city health official told a news briefing Wednesday.
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That was a single city that tried a mandate, and it failed two days later. People who chose not to vaccinate weren't allowed in to those cinemas, libraries, and other public places in Beijing, but after that second day of failure, they were not forced to vaccinate, OR to stay home. They just couldn't go to those specific places if they made that decision for themselves.