[World Report] In China, "lack of vaccines"... On one side, "I'll give you an egg, so be right."

There is a situation that is seldom understood in China about the COVID-19 vaccination.

One side stops vaccination due to lack of vaccine, while the other side distributes free gifts such as eggs and recommends vaccination.

No matter how large the land is and the policies of each local government are different, it is bound to be seen as a'crossroads'.

Suspension of vaccination in southern China.

"Insufficient vaccine supply"

According to the Chinese groom's finance and others, there was a shortage of vaccine supply in various regions of China during the Qingming Festival (Qingming Festival) holiday on April 3-5.

Haikou City in southern China's Hainan Province has stopped second vaccinations to citizens who have completed the first vaccination.

Only the first vaccination was allowed, which was due to the lack of vaccine supply.

He said that he would announce the timing of the second vaccination later.

At the same time, it was decided to increase the interval between the first and second doses from 3 weeks to a maximum of 8 weeks.

Dongxing City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, stopped from the 3rd until the 1st vaccination altogether.

It was also said that it was due to the lack of vaccine stock.

Dongxing City said that if the vaccine is secured, the second vaccination will be given priority over the first vaccination.

This is different from the Haikou city mentioned above.

In Chauzhou City, Guangdong Province, and Jinyun County, Zhejiang Province, vaccinations were also stopped due to lack of vaccines.

China's major cities "Vaccination provides egg, sesame oil, park admission ticket"

On the other hand,'promotional events' to increase vaccination rates are in full swing in major cities such as Beijing.

Signs were posted on vaccination sites, on bulletin boards in apartment complexes, and on the streets, saying,'If you get vaccinated, you will give out eggs.'

It is an expression that says,'If a person 60 years of age or older completes the 2nd vaccination, 2 boxes of eggs will be given.'

Vaccination gifts are becoming more diverse.

Some areas give you sesame oil, others give you free tickets to paid parks.

Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported that "China is giving out various shopping coupons to citizens who have been vaccinated, and local government officials are encouraging them to visit Gagahoho"

China "70% of the population vaccinated this year · Population immunity"...

Will it come true

China's health authorities release their nationals' vaccination rates every day.

According to the data released on the 8th, 14.907 million vaccinations were given up to the 7th, the day before.

By March 24, the number of vaccinations was 85.58 million, an increase of 63.2 million in just two weeks.

It's like 4.45 million doses per day.

The cumulative number of vaccinations in Korea so far is 1.16 million as of 0 o'clock on the 9th, which is a huge number.

However, the road for China still seems far away.

As of April 7, China has the second largest number of vaccinations in the world after the United States, but the number of vaccinations per 100 people is the 19th in the world.

According to OurWorld In Data, a statistical website at Oxford University in the UK, the number of vaccinations per 100 people in China as of April 7, Israel (117.72), United Arab Emirates (88.04), Chile (59.61), United Kingdom (55.08) Times) and the United States (51.27 times).

It is lower than Brazil (11.38 times).

China plans to vaccinate 40% of its 1.4 billion people by June.

Fengdujia, head of the China Vaccine Industry Association, predicted that "by the end of this year, 70% of the population will be vaccinated to realize collective immunity."

The capital Beijing has a much faster vaccination rate.

It is predicted that next month, 70% of the 21 million population will be vaccinated.

Foreigners have also been vaccinated in major cities such as Beijing and Shanghai.

As such, the rate of vaccination in other areas may be slowed down.

There are some complaints about whether local city residents were lowered in the quarantine rankings compared to major cities.

China is also keen on vaccine diplomacy by exporting or donating 100 million doses of domestic vaccines to more than 100 countries.

If the local government's lack of vaccines is true, then China is trying to contemplate other countries and is not supplying enough to its own people.

China assures that the current vaccine shortage is temporary and that a large-scale shortage will not come.

In addition, China's coronavirus situation is relatively stable, so it is not a big problem to provide vaccines to other countries first.

However, given eggs or sesame oil as well as recommending vaccination, it can be seen that many of the Chinese are still reluctant to get vaccinations from their home country.

In a survey conducted by the Shanghai Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January of 1.77 million residents, there were reports that about half of the respondents said they did not want to be vaccinated.

It is difficult to determine whether there is a shortage of actual vaccine supply than those who wish to be vaccinated, whether the lack of vaccine is the reason for the cessation of vaccination, whether the goal of'collective immunization' at the end of the year can be achieved, whether there is a control tower at the central government level.