On March 25, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the scientific, precise and persistent efforts to prevent and control the epidemic. At the meeting, Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that from the results of preliminary clinical trials and the monitoring results of current vaccine application, it was not found that 80-year-olds were more prone to adverse reactions. “In fact, the vaccine we are using now has been strictly monitored during clinical trials, including monitoring of adverse reactions. Only when the adverse reactions are within our acceptable range can it be approved for use.”
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Wang Huaqing said that there are currently more than 264 million elderly people aged 60 and over in my country, of which more than 212 million have been vaccinated against the new coronavirus. From the analysis of the current monitoring results, the incidence of adverse reactions in the elderly over 60 years old is lower than the incidence of adverse reactions in other age groups.
“There will be some general reactions to vaccination, mainly manifested as fever, headache, body aches, local pain and redness and swelling, most of which do not require special treatment and can be treated by themselves. It will be cured. But we have also seen during the monitoring process that some people have very rare adverse reactions after vaccination, mainly manifested as anaphylactic shock.” Wang Huaqing said that it is now required to observe for 30 minutes after vaccination, a main purpose It is the timely detection of vaccine-induced severe allergic reactions at the scene, such as anaphylactic shock. “Because anaphylactic shock is an acute disease, most of them appear within 30 minutes. If this happens, each of our inoculation units has first-aid medicines, first-aid measures and first-aid doctors. The handling of this situation will minimize the risk.”
He suggested that the elderly may experience some physical discomfort after vaccination, if they feel that the symptoms are severe, or if they last for a long time If it is relatively long, or if the original disease recurs, seek medical attention in time. If it is suspected to be caused by the vaccine, report it to the vaccination unit.
Source: Beijing Daily Client Reporter Sun Leqi Niu Weikun
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