[Global Times reporter Ni Hao] According to the latest data released by the National Health Commission on the afternoon of the 24th, as of May 23, a total of 51.858 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine have been reported across the country.
After a new round of local epidemics in Anhui and Liaoning, China's vaccination has accelerated significantly.
In the eight days before May 19, China has achieved a total of 100 million doses of vaccination.
After that, the daily vaccination rate was more than 10 million doses, and the cumulative vaccination rate exceeded 500 million doses.
According to calculations made by a "Global Times" reporter based on public data, on March 27, the cumulative number of new crown vaccination doses across the country exceeded 100 million doses, and it took 25 days to exceed 200 million on April 21.
It took 16 days from 200 million doses to 300 million doses on May 7th, 9 days to break 400 million doses on May 16, and 500 million doses on the 23rd. 7 days.
It can be seen from the data that vaccination in China has been accelerating time and time again.
There is no official release of the vaccination schedule.
However, on March 1 this year, Zhong Nanshan, the leader of the high-level expert group of the National Health Commission, said that in June this year, China's new crown vaccination rate is planned to reach 40%.
On March 22, Gao Fu, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview that he hopes that by the beginning of 2022, or even the end of this year, China will reach 70%-80% of the new crown vaccination rate (that is, about 900 million to 1 billion. The population has been vaccinated), basically achieving herd immunity.
The information disclosed by Zhong Nanshan and Gao Fu was understood by foreign media as the schedule for China's new crown vaccine.
According to the data monitored by Oxford University's "Our World in Data" (Our World in Data), the United States has completed 284 million doses of COVID-19 vaccination, with an inoculation rate of 39.3%.
China ranks first in the world in terms of cumulative vaccination volume, but it is inferior to a few countries such as the United States, Israel, Chile, and the United Arab Emirates in terms of vaccination rate.
One month ago, on April 15th, Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a forum, “Due to the large population base in our country, to achieve herd immunity through vaccination, the number of people who need to be vaccinated reaches 1 billion. It’s huge.” Zhong Nanshan said at the 20th Asian Science Council Conference held in Guangzhou on May 13, “China’s vaccination rate is low, and we must keep up with the situation. Like other countries in the world, we will strive to reach 70%-80% as soon as possible. % Vaccination rate."
In an interview with the Global Times reporter on May 24, Feng Duojia, president of the China Vaccine Industry Association, believes that the core issue that determines whether China's vaccination can be achieved on schedule is the production and supply of vaccines.
Feng Duojia said that the total output of China's new crown vaccine is continuously increasing. Currently, more than 800 million doses have been produced, and it may exceed 3 billion doses by the end of this year.
However, Feng Duojia believes that “the amount supplied to the country is not that much, but it is more than half, it is about 2 billion doses, but this is to be produced by the end of the year; besides, the vaccination still needs time, 10 100 million people may achieve vaccination coverage, but not necessarily everyone has completed the full course of immunization (two to three shots), and it may be completed in the first half of next year."
However, Jiang Qing, an epidemiologist and professor at the School of Public Health of Fudan University, said in an interview with the Global Times reporter on the 24th that at the current pace, by the end of the year or early next year, China will have a working foundation and the ability to complete the establishment of herd immunity. Goals are not a problem.
Jiang Qingwu believes that China must try its best to complete this vaccination target by the end of the year, because the new crown virus will enter the next epidemic period in autumn and winter, so it must strive to complete the establishment of the population's immune barrier in December.
Jiang Qingwu believes that China's vaccine production capacity will not become a constraining factor, but the key lies in national deployment.
Regarding vaccination, Jiang Qingwu also believes that "China's vaccination rate has already risen. As long as the current rate is maintained, there is no problem in achieving the target as scheduled."