China News Service, April 6th. On the afternoon of the 6th, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the strict and earnest efforts to prevent and control the epidemic.
Talking about the latest progress of my country's new crown vaccination, Lei Zhenglong, deputy director of the National Health Commission's Disease Control Bureau and first-level inspector, said at the meeting that as of April 5, the country has reported a total of 3.283586 billion doses of the new crown vaccine. The total number of people vaccinated reached 1,278.724 million, and 1,243.226 million people have been vaccinated in the whole process, covering 90.70% of the country's total population and 88.18% of the country's total population.
705.693 million people received booster immunizations, including 19.512 million people who received sequential booster immunizations.
The number of people over the age of 60 covered by vaccination reached 224.182 million people, 212.823 million people were fully vaccinated, and 146.582 million people were boosted.
Lei Zhenglong said that the current national epidemic prevention and control situation is still complicated and severe. Vaccination combined with effective personal protection is an effective means to prevent and control the current new crown pneumonia epidemic.
"In order to further organize the vaccination of the new crown, we have recently redeployed and re-arranged the vaccination of the elderly. We also learned that some provinces have developed ideas and innovated service models in their actual work. The ultimate goal is to I hope that everyone can complete the vaccination in time and according to the procedures. Here I appeal again, please actively and actively vaccinate." Lei Zhenglong said.