newest! National Health Commission: at present, the current round of epidemic situation in China has been effectively controlled! These groups can carry out intensive vaccination

On the afternoon of August 27, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to introduce the further improvement of epidemic prevention and control and vaccination.

At the meeting, MI Feng, spokesman of the National Health Commission and deputy director of the publicity department, introduced that the number of locally confirmed cases in China has decreased for 11 consecutive days since the first decline on August 16. As of August 26, 26 provinces and Xinjiang production and Construction Corps were low-risk areas, and the number of medium and high-risk areas decreased to 38. At present, the current round of epidemic situation in China has been effectively controlled. This round of epidemic situation once again reminds us that we should always be strict, tight and meticulous, do a good job in external defense input, summarize experience and plug loopholes; Strictly implement various prevention and control requirements, compact the responsibilities of the territory, departments, units and individuals, and resolutely overcome the mentality of fluke. It is necessary to relax personal protection and promote COVID-19 vaccination. What kinds of people can be vaccinated with booster needles?

At the meeting, Zheng Zhongwei, head of the vaccine research and development working group of the scientific research team and director of the science and technology development center of the National Health Commission, introduced that at present, the situation of epidemic prevention and control in China is very good, focusing on external defense input. For staff with high input risk, such as customs, border inspection, aviation, isolation points, designated medical institutions and other staff, they can carry out enhanced vaccination six months after completing the immunization procedure.

In addition, in the routine vaccination, we also found that the immune effect of people with relatively low immune function and people over 60 years old is not as good as that of 18-59 years old, but this kind of people is precisely the high-risk group after infection. Their risk of severe, critical illness and death after infection is higher than that of other groups. Therefore, experts also suggest that for this kind of population, a dose of booster injection can be carried out 6 months after vaccination. Experts also suggested that due to the needs of work, study and communication, some people in our country need to go to overseas areas or countries with high epidemic risk. Experts also suggested that such people can be vaccinated after 6 months. Zheng Zhongwei said that whether to carry out vaccination for the whole population at this stage and strengthen vaccination six months later, experts suggest that further research is needed, and a comprehensive study and judgment should be made according to the epidemic situation. Over 880 million people! More than 2 billion doses! As of August 26th, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and the Xinjiang production and Construction Corps reported a total of 2 billion 3 million 914 thousand doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and 889 million 439 thousand people completed the whole process, according to the National Health Protection Commission. More than 5 billion doses of Xinguan vaccine have been vaccinated worldwide, and more than 2.5 billion doses of vaccine have been vaccinated in China

At the meeting, Zheng Zhongwei introduced that as of yesterday, the cumulative global vaccination of new crown vaccine had exceeded 5 billion doses, including more than 2.5 billion doses of China's new crown vaccine.