On April 29, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that beginning May 3, the government-funded COVID-19 vaccine would be available to people living with healthcare personnel, disease prevention and control staff at the central and local governments and front-line workers at high risk of exposure, who are individuals in the first, second and third priority groups. Furthermore, considering that non-medical personnel at clinics and other medical institutions (including pharmacies, blood donation institutions, pathology centers and medical laboratories) who were not included in the first priority groups are also at high risk of infection, such personnel and people living with them will also be eligible for the government-funded vaccine starting May 3.