Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 24th Question: The whole population is vaccinated! China will build the largest immune barrier
Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Fang, Dong Ruifeng, Peng Yunjia and Chen Xiyuan
The epidemic rebounded, the virus mutated, and the COVID-19 epidemic, which has not happened in a hundred years, is still prevalent in the world.
On March 23rd, 2020, the staff checked the label on the dosage form of Covid-19 inactivated vaccine prefilled syringe on the Kexing Zhongwei packaging line. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei photo
On January 6th, the staff of Kexing Zhongwei inspected the label of Covid-19 inactivated vaccine on the packaging line of automatic penicillin bottles. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei photo
According to the latest news from the joint prevention and control mechanism in the State Council, Covid-19 vaccine in China has been vaccinated over 100 million yuan at home and abroad, and the vaccine is safe and effective. Next, free vaccination for the whole population will be accelerated.
From high-risk and key populations to the general population, this will be the largest vaccination in history.
Go all out to increase production; Concentrate on promoting vaccination in key industries such as health care, transportation and education; Promote vaccination for people over 60 years old in a steady and orderly manner; Grasp the taboos and precautions of vaccination; Strengthen the monitoring of suspected abnormal reactions …
A series of important measures are aimed at making the vaccine benefit the masses to the greatest extent and doing our best to protect people’s life safety and health!
On February 11th, in the adult vaccination clinic of Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, the staff guided the citizens to get Covid-19 vaccination. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei photo
Is vaccination urgent? Avoid "immune depression"
By 24: 00 on March 22, 2021, China had inoculated 80.463 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, and the number of vaccinated people increased steadily.
"We must attach great importance to the vaccination work in Covid-19 and continue to increase vaccination efforts." Ma Xiaowei, head of the vaccination coordination group of the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism and director of the National Health and Wellness Commission, said.
On January 4th, in Honggutan Campus of Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital, nurses introduced the relevant precautions of COVID-19 vaccination. Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Zhaozhi photo
Compared with some countries, the epidemic situation in China has been effectively controlled, and some people think that the urgency of vaccination is not strong, and the vaccination rate is low. Once the global mobility is open, people who are not vaccinated will be at risk.
According to experts, the epidemic situation in COVID-19 is still prevalent in the world, and it may be prevalent in China at any time due to the introduction of infectious sources. Therefore, more people in China must gain immunity and protection as soon as possible through vaccination with Covid-19 vaccine.
On February 11th, a citizen received Covid-19 vaccination in the adult vaccination clinic of Beijing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei photo
Which groups of people focus on vaccination? Promote vaccination for people in medical and health care, transportation, education and other industries.
Accelerating vaccination will highlight key points on the basis of overall promotion.
The reporter learned from the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council that China will concentrate on promoting vaccination of people in key industries such as health care, transportation and education, and take measures to promote vaccination of personnel in key units such as large supermarkets, large enterprises and large commercial buildings.
The person in charge pointed out that medical and health personnel are in the front line and are themselves high-risk groups, and vaccination will have a strong demonstration role.
On February 21st, at a vaccination site in Yizhuang Town, Daxing District, Beijing, medical staff vaccinated the vaccinators with COVID-19 vaccine. Xinhua News Agency reporter Peng Ziyang photo
To highlight key areas, priority should be given to ensuring large and medium-sized cities, port cities and border areas with high risk of epidemic situation, and ensuring provincial capital cities where people gather. To highlight key populations, priority should be given to people in border counties (cities, districts) and key port areas, and priority should be given to people in labor-intensive industries, college students and school staff.
He Qinghua, the first-level inspector of the CDC of the National Health and Wellness Commission, said that the next step is to continue to follow the priorities, adhere to informed, consent, voluntary and free vaccination, coordinate the prevention and control of normalization with vaccination work, and prudently and steadily implement local territorial responsibilities and industry supervision responsibilities according to law.
On January 26th, at the inoculation point set up in Beijing Chaoyang Planning Art Museum, volunteers held a QR code in the observation area for inoculation personnel to register as "observation personnel". Xinhua News Agency reporter Jia Haocheng photo
What about people over 60? Advance vaccination steadily and orderly.
On the premise of fully evaluating the health status and the risk of infection, some areas have started to vaccinate the elderly over 60 with good physical conditions with Covid-19 vaccine.
The reporter learned from the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council that after the clinical trial has obtained sufficient data on safety and effectiveness, the next step will be to expand the scale and carry out 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.
On December 25th, 2020, the staff inspected the product packaging quality in the Covid-19 inactivated vaccine sub-packaging workshop of China Institute of Biological Products of Sinopharm Group. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei photo
Can chronic diseases and allergies be vaccinated? Contraindications are judged more carefully
Which patients with chronic diseases can’t be vaccinated? How serious is the allergy, which will affect vaccination? In response to the public’s multiple doubts, experts also gave a clear answer.
He Qinghua said that the four vaccines currently on the market have a clear definition of vaccination contraindications in the instructions. The public should truthfully inform doctors about their health status, past medical history, allergy history and other information, including the history of chronic diseases, so that doctors can make a comprehensive evaluation and judge whether they are suitable for vaccination.
"As research data continues to accumulate, temporary taboos will change." Wang Huaqing, chief expert of immunization program of China CDC, said that people who are allergic to vaccines or vaccine ingredients cannot be vaccinated, but they can still be vaccinated because they are allergic to food, pollen or other drugs such as penicillin. In addition, the recipients are required to stay on the spot for 30 minutes after inoculation, one of the purposes is to prevent other injuries caused by acute allergies.
The reporter learned from the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council that the next stage will further standardize the judgment of contraindications for people with chronic diseases and allergic diseases, so that the vaccine can benefit the masses to the greatest extent.
How to improve the inoculation ability? Combination of temporary inoculation point and mobile inoculation point.
It is the key to speed up the free vaccination of the whole population, set up enough inoculation points as soon as possible, and equip enough personnel.
Ma Xiaowei said that in the future, we should fully tap the potential of existing inoculation points, add inoculation points in qualified secondary hospitals, and set up temporary inoculation points and mobile inoculation points in densely populated areas or collective units to promote vaccination work in schools, factories, construction sites and communities.
In addition, accurately arrange the distribution plan, ensure the cold chain transportation conditions, strengthen the vaccine deployment in the province, fully consider the flexible time interval of two doses of inactivated vaccine, and predict the vaccine supply.
Taking Beijing as an example, the two-level storage capacity in Beijing urban area has reached 10 million doses, and the daily distribution capacity has reached 1 million doses. A service system with large and medium-sized temporary inoculation sites as the mainstay, fixed inoculation sites and door-to-door service as the supplement has been established, and the daily inoculation capacity of the whole city has reached more than 300,000 doses.
On December 25th, 2020, the staff worked in the Covid-19 Inactivated Vaccine Sub-packaging Workshop of China Institute of Biological Products of Sinopharm Group. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Yuwei photo
How to keep the safety bottom line? Inoculation point to achieve "four haves"
According to the requirements of the joint prevention and control mechanism in the State Council, China should achieve "four haves" in promoting vaccination-there are emergency personnel stationed at the site, first-aid equipment and medicines, 120 ambulances on duty, and a green channel for treatment in general hospitals at or above the second level.
"In the spirit of being highly responsible for people’s lives and health, we should ensure vaccination safety and improve the accessibility and convenience of vaccination services." Ma Xiaowei stressed that it is necessary to 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. Pay close attention to the delayed serious suspected abnormal reaction, unblock the referral channels, and fully organize the treatment.
Wang Huaqing suggested that pregnant and lactating women should not be vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccine. If pregnancy is found after vaccination, it is not recommended to take medical measures such as termination of pregnancy, but follow-up and regular examination should be done during pregnancy.
Can vaccine production keep up? The daily output has reached 5 million doses.
China has made great progress in the research and development and production of vaccines in Covid-19. At present, the daily output of vaccines has increased from 1.5 million doses on February 1 to about 5 million doses at present, with a cumulative supply of more than 100 million doses in China.
As of March 20th, the vaccines of four companies, Sinopharm Zhongsheng Beijing Company, Sinopharm Zhongsheng Wuhan Company, Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Company and Tianjin Kangxinuo Company, were approved for conditional listing, and the vaccines of Anhui Zhifeilong Kema Company were approved for emergency use, making China the country with the largest number of vaccines listed in Covid-19 in the world.
Xiao Yaqing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said that vaccine quality and safety is always the first priority, and it should be placed in the primary position of production and supply. It is necessary to strictly implement the quality management system to ensure the safety and stability of vaccine quality under large-scale mass production.
It is understood that the above-mentioned enterprises are currently organizing production at full capacity, and vaccines of other technical routes will be listed one after another with the progress of research and development. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, together with relevant departments and localities, sent service guarantee teams to relevant enterprises to promote the formulation of plans to increase production and expand capacity.
Authorities pointed out that by increasing the population vaccination rate, the spread risk of Covid-19 will be effectively reduced, people’s life safety and health will be guaranteed, and a strong guarantee will be provided for consolidating the foundation of economic recovery growth and promoting the domestic and international double cycle.