Hainan plans to provide free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to 71,000 people in 2022.
Fully vaccinated people in China can now choose to receive a different shot from their original inoculation as a booster in a process called sequential immunization.
There was one confirmed new COVID-19 asymptomatic case detected in Chengmai county.
China's southernmost province of Hainan plans to provide free vaccines against cervical cancer to about 71,000 female students aged 13 to 14 and a half this year.
From Jan 11 to March 15, people planning to enter Hainan should bring a negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test certificate that was issued within 48 hours.
Nearly two years after the COVID-19 outbreak, China has granted emergency approval for its first antibody combination therapy for COVID-19 treatment, adding a tool to the world's arsenal against the disease.
On November 26, the World Health Organization has officially designated a new strain of novel coronavirus as the Omicron variant and categorized it as a Variant of Concern.