National Disease Control Administration: 48,400 doses of inhaled vaccines have been administered nationwide

On November 29, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the implementation of prevention and control measures in detail and effectively handle
the epidemic.
Responsible comrades of the National Health Commission, relevant departments of the National Disease Control Administration and experts from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention will attend the press conference and answer questions from the media
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Reporter from the Financial Program Center of China Central Radio and Television Corporation: How is the current vaccination of China's new crown virus vaccine? What is the vaccination for people over 60 years old? The use of inhaled vaccines has already begun in various places, please tell us about the situation
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Xia Gang, Director of the Department of Health and Immunization of the National Disease Control and Prevention Administration: Thank you for your question
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The current situation of epidemic prevention and control is severe and complex, vaccination still has good effects in preventing severe disease and death, and vulnerable groups such as the elderly are prone to develop severe disease, critical illness and even death after being infected with the new crown virus, and the benefits of vaccination are the greatest
。 As of November 28, 2022, a total of 3,443,451,000 doses of new coronavirus vaccine have been reported nationwide, with a total number of 1,346.
631 million vaccinated, 1,272.
83 million people have been fully vaccinated, the number of people covered and fully vaccinated accounts for 92.
54% and 90.
28% of the total population of the country, respectively, and 811.
176 million people have completed booster immunization, including 47.
227 million
people who have completed sequential booster immunization 。 The number of people over 60 years old vaccinated was 239.
4 million, 228.
165 million people were fully vaccinated, the number of people covered and the number of people fully vaccinated accounted for 90.
68% and 86.
42% of the elderly population respectively, and 181.
511 million people completed booster immunization, of which 27.
426 million people over 80 years old were vaccinated and 23.
563 million people were fully vaccinated, and the number of people covered and fully vaccinated accounted for 76.
6% and 65.
8% of the population over 80 years old respectively , 14.
456 million people
completed booster immunization.
To date, of the 3,443 million doses administered, a total of 48,400 doses of inhaled adenovirus vector vaccine have been administered
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In order to further accelerate the vaccination of the elderly, the comprehensive group of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council issued a work plan to strengthen the vaccination of the elderly against the new crown virus, and made arrangements and promotions
in terms of improving the mechanism, doing a good job in surveying, optimizing services, and refining publicity.
In the next step, we will earnestly implement the requirements of the plan, guide all localities to carefully organize and deploy, optimize vaccination services, and do a good job in the new crown vaccine booster immunization and the vaccination of the elderly
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It is also hoped that elderly friends, especially those over 80 years old, will take the initiative to get vaccinated and escort personal health
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