China prepares large-scale vaccination
China will continue to vaccinate groups at high risk of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, such as health workers, customs and transporters, before launching campaigns to inoculate on a larger scale, the country’s health authorities have reported. “The objective is to create herd immunity through a vaccination process that will consist of several phases,” said Zeng Yixin, deputy director of the National Health Commission of the Asian country, at a press conference today. He added that for the time being, groups with a higher risk of infection will be vaccinated in the winter and spring: “These groups include personnel who work in the cold chain and in fresh food markets, as well as customs, transport and sanitation workers. Also those who go abroad to study or work, “he said.
On July 22, China authorized the use of COVID vaccine candidates in medical personnel and officials for “emergency cases.” Since then, the country has vaccinated more than a million people “without registering adverse reactions,” said the director of the Department of Science and Technology Development of the same Commission, Zheng Zhongwei, at the same press conference on Saturday.
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