China News Service, Guangzhou, April 25 (Cai Minjie and Yang Fang) April 25 is the National Children’s Vaccination Day. Zheng Huizhen, chief physician of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention and chief expert of the immunization program of the Guangdong Academy of Precision Medicine Application, suggested that citizens should do everything they can. Kind.
According to the vaccination guidelines, people over the age of 18 can receive the new crown vaccine, and the elderly are also one of the recommended targets.
Not long ago, the National Health Commission issued the "New Coronavirus Vaccination Technical Guidelines (First Edition)" stipulating that the new coronavirus vaccine is not recommended for people under 18 years of age.
"The development of any vaccine starts with adults for clinical trials, and the clinical trials will be extended to the lower age group on the basis of ensuring its safety." Zheng Huizhen said that minors cannot be vaccinated at this stage. The new crown vaccine is because clinical research data on children has not yet come out, and minors are not allowed to vaccinate the new crown vaccine in the world.
"Clinical research on vaccines generally starts with adults, then with the elderly, and finally with children." Zheng Huizhen said.
Since children cannot be vaccinated against the new crown, what can parents do to protect their children?
Zheng Huizhen suggested that adults should breed as many as possible, and to establish a herd immune barrier, the population vaccination rate should reach 75% to 85%.
Since a small number of people with contraindications cannot get the new crown vaccine, adults are required to make a greater contribution to the vaccination rate.
"After being vaccinated, adults not only protect themselves, but also indirectly protect our children." Zheng Huizhen said.
Due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the immunization planning work of some countries has been affected.
Zheng Huizhen said that vaccines are divided into immunization planning vaccines and non-immunization planning vaccines. Under normal circumstances, children must be vaccinated in time when they reach a certain age. "The immunization planning procedure of each vaccine is scientifically evaluated and cannot be delayed due to the new crown epidemic. The child’s normal immunization rhythm.
In 2020, Guangdong issued the "Guangdong Province Special Child Immunization Expert Consensus", which provides professional guidance for the vaccination of children with different special diseases, and provides professional theoretical basis for immunization units when carrying out immunization.
Lin Xiaoyuan, chief physician of the Department of Pediatrics of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, said that child immunizations are carried out in the community. Most doctors in community hospitals are not pediatricians. Their understanding of the contraindications that a certain vaccine can be vaccinated is limited to the content mentioned in the vaccine manual , For vaccination under special circumstances, experts have formulated a standardized vaccination guide to directly benefit more special children.
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