China Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Over 200 million people over 60 years old have been vaccinated against the new crown vaccine

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Today (March 15) afternoon, the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference. At the meeting, Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that as of March 14, the number of people over the age of 60 who have been vaccinated against the new coronavirus has reached 221.226 million, and 211.62 million have been fully vaccinated.

In order to provide better vaccination services, several special deployments have been made for the vaccination of the elderly against the new crown, guiding local governments to strictly regulate the implementation of vaccination, innovate service forms, and ensure the safety of vaccination; The people, including the crowd, have been thoroughly investigated, and strive to do everything they can. In the implementation of vaccination organizations in many places, “green channels” for vaccination of the elderly have also been opened, mobile vehicle vaccination is adopted, and convenient services such as pick-up and drop-off are provided, so that the elderly without contraindications can enjoy the temperature and barrier-free vaccination services. .

(CCTV reporter Liu Jie Liu Tingyu)