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Corona virus: what is the reason for the low vaccination rate of the elderly in China?

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Amid unprecedented demonstrations against restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Chinese authorities said they were stepping up their campaign to vaccinate the elderly.

The relatively low vaccination rate among the elderly is a major obstacle to China’s easing of its “zero Covid” strategy.

How many elderly people have received the vaccine?

China has acknowledged that there are relatively low rates of Covid vaccination among the elderly, who are more likely to develop serious complications or die if they catch the virus, than younger age groups.

In April this year, official data showed that just 20 percent of those over the age of 80 received two doses of the vaccine plus a booster dose, while fewer than 50 percent of those aged between 70 and 79 years old belonged to the same category. .

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