(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Does the vaccine work against mutated virus strains? Gao Fu: It can provide basic immunity and reduce the burden of disease.
China News Service, Beijing, July 27 (Hao Lingyu) Regarding whether the new crown pneumonia vaccine is effective for mutant virus strains, Gao Fu, director of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stated in Beijing on the 27th that the vaccine can provide basic immunity and be effective in reducing the burden of disease.
The annual meeting of the China Association for Science and Technology was held in Beijing on the same day
As of July 26, China has reported over 1.
In the process of vaccine development and injection, mutated virus strains such as VUI, VOI, and VOC have appeared, which makes the outside world question whether the vaccine can protect the mutated virus
From a global perspective, Gao Fu revealed that about 26% of the population has received at least the first dose of the vaccine, but countries are still facing a "cat and mouse game" between pathogens and humans
He said that on a global scale, comparing patient data after the second and third wave of outbreaks in some countries, it can be found that after vaccination, the number of deaths of patients is significantly reduced under the same number of cases, so the vaccine can effectively prevent patients.
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