27 Sep 21 - story 1

The number of people covered by our country's new coronavirus vaccination reaches 1.1 billion

Over 1 billion people completed the entire vaccination

According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 19 (Reporter Dong Ruifeng and Qiu Bingqing), the reporter learned from the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism that as of September 18, 2021, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have reported cumulative vaccination against the new crown virus. 214.043 million doses, the total number of vaccinations reached 1,108,842 million, of which 102.207 million have been vaccinated, and the total number of vaccinations accounted for 78% of the country’s total population. The total number of vaccination doses and the number of people covered rank first in the world, and the population coverage rate ranks among the highest in the world.

The relevant person in charge of the National Health Commission stated that the progress made in vaccination work fully reflects the unique advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. An enterprising spirit.

Since the launch of the large-scale vaccination of the new crown virus, all departments and regions have innovated and diversified service forms in accordance with the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and the State Council’s joint prevention and control mechanism. Make detailed statistics, publicity and education, and steadily advance the vaccination work.

On December 15, 2020, my country officially launched the new crown virus vaccination work for key populations; starting in late March 2021, speeding up the promotion of free vaccination for the entire population; since then, the vaccination work for the "one old and one young" new crown virus vaccine has also been steadily advanced ...A series of important measures aimed at maximizing the benefits of vaccines to the people and doing their utmost to protect people’s lives and health.

In the next step, the relevant departments will base on the needs of epidemic prevention and control and the needs of the people, carefully organize and implement follow-up vaccination work, further increase the coverage of the vaccination population, and effectively protect the health of the people.