This article is reprinted from: People’s Daily Online
People’s Daily Online, Beijing, February 24 (Reporter Sun Hongli) According to the official website of the Committee, as of February 23, 2022, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have reported a total of 3,101.76 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine.
The best way to prevent COVID-19 is to get vaccinated. Since 2021, my country has promoted the vaccination of the new coronavirus on a large scale, which has effectively curbed the spread of the epidemic in some areas.
Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the National Health Commission’s Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention, introduced at the press conference of the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held on February 19 this year that as of February 18, the country’s total number of new coronavirus vaccinations The number of people reached 1,268.18 million, and the number of people who completed the whole course of vaccination was 1,232,543,000. Among them, the number of people over the age of 60 covered by the new coronavirus vaccination reached 219.617 million, and the total number of completed vaccination reached 210.728 million. The number of people over the age of 80 covered by the new coronavirus vaccination is 20.441 million, and 17.953 million people have completed the whole course of vaccination.
Shao Yiming, a member of the expert group for vaccine research and development of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Scientific Research Team of the State Council, said at the above-mentioned press conference that so far, more than 10 billion doses of the new crown vaccine have been vaccinated around the world, and my country has also received more than 10 billion doses of the vaccine. 3 billion doses. According to the results of real-world research that has been carried out in my country, the full-course immunization of the new crown vaccine can significantly reduce the risk of pneumonia and severe illness caused by the Omicron variant. Boosting immunity can not only reduce the risk of pneumonia and severe illness, but also further reduce the breakthrough infection rate caused by the Omicron strain, that is, the situation of being infected after being vaccinated.
Recently, with the approval of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, the National Health Commission has begun to deploy sequential booster immunizations.
“Research data shows that both homologous booster immunization and sequential booster immunization can further improve the immunization effect. It is hoped that people who meet the vaccination conditions can be vaccinated actively and early, so as to increase their health and cheer for epidemic prevention. “Wu Liang said.