On May 23, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the situation regarding the race against time and the prevention and control of the epidemic. Lei Zhenglong, deputy director of the National Health Commission’s Disease Control Bureau and first-level inspector, answered a question from a Red Star reporter about the progress of my country’s new crown vaccination.
▲Lei Zhenglong, deputy director of the National Health Commission’s CDC and first-level inspector
Lei Zhenglong introduced that as of May 22, a total of 3.371096 billion doses of the new crown vaccine have been reported nationwide, and the total number of inoculations has reached 1.288947 billion, and 1.254875 billion people have been vaccinated throughout the whole process. , the number of people covered and vaccinated in the whole process accounted for 91.42% and 88.01% of the total population of the country, respectively. 771.38 million people completed booster immunizations, of which 35.896 million people received sequential booster immunizations.
According to reports, the number of people over the age of 60 covered by vaccination reached 229.187 million, and 217.232 million people were vaccinated in the whole process. The number of people covered and vaccinated in the whole process accounted for 86.8% of the elderly population and 82.3% . Completed booster immunizations for 166.9 million people.
Red Star News reporter Wu Yang Intern reporter Hu Yiwen Beijing reporting
Editor Tan Wangyu