(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Wuhan has launched emergency vaccination of new crown vaccine

  China News Service, Wuhan, December 28 (Reporter Zhang Qin Ma Furong) The reporter learned from a press conference held by the Wuhan Municipal Government Information Office on the afternoon of the 28th that according to the national, provincial, and municipal new crown prevention and control requirements, Wuhan has The emergency vaccination of the new crown vaccine was launched on December 24.

The city’s 15 districts and 48 designated vaccination clinics have successively begun emergency vaccination of new crown vaccines for some key populations.

  According to reports, starting from December 24, Wuhan City will treat workers who are engaged in imported cold chain, ship pilotage, port quarantine, aviation air service, fresh food market, medical disease control and other high risk of infection, as well as those who travel to medium and high risk countries or regions. People who work or study are vaccinated against the new crown pneumonia.

  He Zhenyu, deputy director of the Wuhan Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the emergency use of the new coronavirus inactivated vaccine requires a total of 2 injections throughout the entire process, with an interval of 4 weeks between each injection, and the age range of the vaccination targets is 18-59 years old.

  He Zhenyu said that according to the press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, carrying out key population vaccination is the “first step” of China's current new crown vaccination.

With the conditional approval of vaccines on the market, or the gradual increase in vaccine production, more vaccines will be put into use.

Through the orderly implementation of vaccination, eligible people can achieve "everything that should be done" and gradually build an immune barrier among the population to block the spread of the new coronavirus in the country.

  The reporter learned from the press conference that day that at present, Wuhan has resumed three direct flights into Wuhan from abroad. They are from Seoul, South Korea, Islamabad, Pakistan, and Singapore. About 400 international passengers arrive in Wuhan every week.

According to Yu Feng, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Wuhan Municipal Party Committee, the city implements closed-loop management of personnel returning (coming to) from overseas in terms of data information and full-process management.

  According to statistics, from October 1st to December 27th, a total of 13,445 people returned to (coming to) Han from Wuhan, and a total of 43 imported nucleic acid-positive cases (including 10 confirmed and 33 asymptomatic infections) were reported. Currently, 4 cases of asymptomatic infection are being treated at Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, and the rest have been discharged.

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