Children in China massively vaccinated against coronavirus
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All children between the ages of 3 and 11 who have no medical conditions will be vaccinated by the end of this year.
In China, nearly 84.4 million children between the ages of 3 and 11 have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus. Of these, more than 49.4 million have already received booster doses. Wu Lianyu, a spokesman for the State Health Committee of the People’s Republic of China, said this. Xinhua Sunday, November 14th.
According to him, the health authorities intend to intensify the vaccination of this age group. All children between the ages of 3 and 11 who are not medically contraindicated are likely to be vaccinated by the end of this year.
Universities, secondary and primary schools are stepping up the pace of vaccination in accordance with a unified national plan, said Wang Dengfeng, a spokesman for the PRC Ministry of Education, noting that more than 95% of students over 18 have received the coronavirus vaccine.
As of November 12, more than 2.37 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across China. At the same time, almost 1.074 billion people are fully vaccinated.
Let us remind you that at the beginning of November in the United States approved COVID vaccination of children from 5 to 11 years old. Vaccinating children is expected to reduce transmission in the country by 8% between November and March 2022.
At the same time, Costa Rica is the first in the world introduced compulsory vaccination for children between the ages of five and 11.
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