This will be the largest vaccination in history!

The epidemic has rebounded and the virus has mutated, and the unseen COVID-19 pandemic is still raging around the world.

The latest news from the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism shows that over 100 million doses of China’s new coronavirus vaccine have been administered at home and abroad. The vaccine is safe and effective, and the next step will be to accelerate the free vaccination of the entire population.

From high-risk and key groups to the general population, this will be the largest vaccination in history.

Go all out to increase production; focus on promoting vaccination of people in key industries such as medical care, transportation, and education; steadily and orderly promote vaccination of people over 60 years old; grasp the contraindications and precautions of vaccination; strengthen monitoring of suspected abnormal reactions...

A series of important measures are aimed at ensuring that vaccines benefit the general public to the greatest extent possible and protecting people's lives and health with the utmost effort!

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Is it urgent to get vaccinated? We must avoid "immunity depressions"

As of 24:00 on March 22, 2021, my country has administered a total of 80.463 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and the number of vaccinations has been steadily increasing.
"We must attach great importance to the new coronavirus vaccination work and continue to increase the intensity of vaccination efforts," said Ma Xiaowei, head of the vaccination coordination group of the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism and director of the National Health Commission.
Compared with some countries, the epidemic in my country has been effectively controlled, and some people do not think that vaccination is urgent, so the vaccination rate is low. Once global mobility is open, people who have not been vaccinated will face risks.

According to experts, the new coronavirus epidemic is still spreading globally and may become a domestic epidemic at any time due to the introduction of infectious sources. Therefore, it is necessary to vaccinate more people in our country with the new coronavirus vaccine so that they can gain immunity and protection as soon as possible.

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Which groups of people should be vaccinated first? Promote vaccination of people in the medical, transportation, education and other industries

To accelerate the promotion of vaccination, we will highlight key points on the basis of overall advancement.
The reporter learned from the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism that my country will focus on promoting vaccination of people in key industries such as medical care, transportation, and education, and take multiple measures to promote vaccination of personnel in key units such as large supermarkets, large enterprises, and large commercial buildings.
Relevant officials pointed out that medical and health workers are on the front line and are themselves a high-risk group, so vaccination will have a strong demonstration effect.

Focus on key areas, give priority to large and medium-sized cities, port cities, border areas with high epidemic risks, and provincial capital cities where people gather. Focus on key groups, give priority to people in border counties (cities, districts), key port areas, labor-intensive industries, college students, school faculty and staff, etc.
He Qinghua, a first-level inspector of the National Health Commission's Disease Control and Prevention Bureau, said that the next step will be to continue to distinguish between priorities, adhere to informed, consenting, voluntary and free vaccination, coordinate routine prevention and control with vaccination work, and implement local responsibilities and industry regulatory responsibilities in a prudent, steady and orderly manner in accordance with the law.

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What should people over 60 do? Promote vaccination steadily and orderly

On the premise of fully assessing health conditions and infection risks, some regions have begun to vaccinate elderly people over 60 years old who are in good physical conditions with the new coronavirus vaccine.
Reporters learned from the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism that after obtaining sufficient safety and effectiveness data from clinical trials, the next step will be to expand the scale of vaccination for people over 60 years old in a steady and orderly manner, and to formulate vaccination guidelines for patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes.

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Can people with chronic diseases or allergies be vaccinated? Contraindications are more carefully determined

Which chronic disease patients cannot be vaccinated? How severe is the allergy and will it affect vaccination? Experts also gave clear answers to the public's multiple concerns.
He Qinghua said that the four vaccines currently on the market have clear definitions of vaccination contraindications in their instructions. When receiving the vaccine, the public should truthfully inform the doctor of their physical health status, medical history, allergy history, including chronic disease history, so that the doctor can make a comprehensive evaluation and determine whether the vaccine is suitable.

"As research data continues to accumulate, temporary taboos will change." Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the immunization program at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that people who are allergic to vaccines or vaccine components cannot be vaccinated, but those who are allergic to food, pollen or other drugs such as penicillin can still be vaccinated. In addition, the vaccine recipients are required to stay on site for 30 minutes after vaccination, one of the purposes of which is to prevent other injuries caused by acute allergies.
The reporter learned from the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism that the next stage will further standardize the determination of contraindications for people with chronic diseases, allergic diseases, etc., so that vaccines can benefit the people to the greatest extent.

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How to improve vaccination capacity? Combining temporary vaccination sites with mobile vaccination sites

It is crucial to accelerate the promotion of free vaccination for the entire population, set up enough vaccination sites as soon as possible, and assign sufficient personnel.
Ma Xiaowei said that in the future, we must fully tap the potential of existing vaccination sites, add vaccination sites in secondary hospitals with conditions, and set up temporary vaccination sites and mobile vaccination sites in densely populated areas or collective units to promote vaccination work in schools, factories, construction sites, and communities.
In addition, we will accurately arrange distribution plans, ensure cold chain transportation conditions, strengthen vaccine allocation within the province, fully consider the flexible time intervals between two doses of inactivated vaccines, and predict vaccine supply situations.

Taking Beijing as an example, the storage capacity at the two levels in Beijing city has reached 10 million doses, and the daily delivery capacity has reached 1 million doses. A service system has been established with large and medium-sized temporary vaccination points as the main part, supplemented by fixed vaccination points and door-to-door services. The city's daily vaccination capacity has reached more than 300,000 doses.

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How to maintain the bottom line of safety? Vaccination sites must have "four things"

According to the requirements of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council, my country's vaccination promotion must achieve the "four haves" - on-site emergency first aid personnel, emergency equipment and medicines, 120 ambulances on duty, and green channels for treatment in second-level and above comprehensive hospitals.
"We must ensure the safety of vaccination and improve the accessibility and convenience of vaccination services with a spirit of high responsibility for people's lives and health." Ma Xiaowei stressed that we must continue to implement the effective practices in the early stage, strengthen the monitoring of suspected abnormal reactions, strengthen the follow-up of people after vaccination, and do a good job in information reporting and management. We must pay close attention to delayed and serious suspected abnormal reactions, open up referral channels, and organize treatment with all our strength.

Wang Huaqing reminded that pregnant and breastfeeding women should not be vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine. If pregnancy is discovered after vaccination, medical measures such as termination of pregnancy are not recommended, but follow-up and regular check-ups during pregnancy are required.

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Can vaccine production keep up? Daily production has reached 5 million doses

my country has made important progress in the research and development and production of new coronavirus vaccines. The current daily output of the vaccine has increased from 1.5 million doses on February 1 to about 5 million doses at present, and a total of more than 100 million doses have been supplied domestically.
As of March 20, vaccines from four companies, namely Sinopharm Beijing Company, Sinopharm Wuhan Company, Beijing Sinovac Biotech Co., Ltd., and Tianjin CanSino Biologics Co., Ltd., have been approved for conditional marketing, and the vaccine from Anhui Zhifei Longcoma Biopharm Co., Ltd. has been approved for emergency use. my country has become the country with the most coronavirus vaccines on the market in the world.

Xiao Yaqing, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, said that vaccine quality and safety always come first and should be placed at the top of production and supply work. The quality management system should be strictly implemented to ensure the safety and stability of vaccine quality under large-scale production.

It is understood that the above-mentioned enterprises are currently organizing production at full capacity, and vaccines with other technical routes will be launched one after another as research and development progresses. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with relevant departments and localities, has sent service guarantee teams to relevant enterprises to promote the formulation of plans to increase production and expand capacity.

Authoritative sources pointed out that by increasing the vaccination rate among the population, the risk of new coronavirus transmission will be effectively reduced, the safety of people's lives and health will be protected, and strong guarantees will be provided for consolidating the foundation for economic recovery and promoting domestic and international dual circulation.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

Reporter: Chen Fang, Dong Ruifeng, Peng Yunjia, Chen Xiyuan

Producer: Liu Hong Chen Jingchun Editor: Cai Mengxiao

Proofreading: Liang Tiantian and Gu Peng