Client of China Youth Daily, Beijing, May 23 (China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Xia Jin) At the press conference of the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism held this afternoon, the National Health and Health Commission CDC Lei Zhenglong, deputy director of the bureau and first-level inspector, said that as of May 22, a total of 3.371096 billion doses of the new crown vaccine had been reported nationwide, and the total number of people vaccinated reached 1.288947 billion, and 1.254875 billion people had been vaccinated throughout the course , 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. 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% and 82.3% of the elderly population respectively. Completed booster immunizations for 166.9 million people.
Lei Zhenglong said that the new crown vaccination has obvious effects in preventing severe illness and death. Recently, the National Health and Health Commission has redeployed and re-arranged all localities, requiring all localities to further strengthen the organization and implementation of vaccination, strengthen publicity and mobilization, and actively promote the vaccination of the elderly, and strive to meet all needs.