Gao Fu: Establish the National Vaccine Research Center to continue vaccine research

China News Service, Beijing, March 6th.

China News Agency reporter Li Chunwen Mengxin

"I will ask you a question in turn.

One month after China’s first outbreak notification, COVID-19 became a public health emergency of global concern; within less than three months, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a “global pandemic”; today, one year later, a total of confirmed cases worldwide There are more than 110 million cases.

Experts and scholars from many countries have pointed out that the new coronavirus may coexist with humans for a long time.

At present, China has conditionally approved the listing of four new crown vaccines.

Under the "three-step" vaccination strategy, as of the end of February this year, China has received more than 52 million doses of the new crown vaccine.

Speeding up the construction of a herd immune barrier through vaccination is not only to suppress the pandemic situation as soon as possible, but also to "outperform" virus mutation.

Gao Fu said that at present, although the new crown virus is changing, it is "invariably changeable", and the most critical point has not changed.

But regarding the durability of vaccine protection, the public health expert also expressed “unsure”: “The first time humans have been exposed to the new coronavirus, it is still not possible to answer how long the vaccine’s antibody protection against the virus will last.

What is certain is that in response to this "uncertainty", the country needs to make timely adjustments to its immunization program.

Another example is whether the elderly are vaccinated against the new crown vaccine.

Gao Fu recalled that after the development of the SARS vaccine was completed, vaccination was not promoted in the whole society, because the SARS epidemic had ended at that time, and the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) vaccine did not continue in Phase III clinical trials.

During the National Two Sessions this year , Gao Fu's suggestions are also related to this.

"Science-based, public understanding and participation, and administrative decision-making are three very critical steps in the face of various public health incidents.