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Youth vaccinations help herd immunity
1 2021-04-09 09:09:50China Daily
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ECNS App Download A medical worker injects a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a local resident in Ruili, Southwest China s Yunnan province, April 1, 2021. (Photo/Xinhua)
Achieving herd immunity from the novel coronavirus will require immunizing children and teenagers, experts said, as clinical trials for such vaccines are displaying promising results.
Although medical evidence suggests youngsters are less susceptible to the virus and not as likely to get as seriously ill as adults, inoculating them will help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 and bring the country one step closer to eradicating the virus, said Feng Duojia, president of the China Association for Vaccines.
Vaccine exports lift brands presence By Liu Zhihua and Zheng Yiran | China Daily | Updated: 2021-03-08 09:08 A staff member shows CoronaVac vaccine vials at Sinovac Life Sciences in Beijing. [Photo by Chen Xiaogen/for China Daily]
Experiences accumulated from the development and export of COVID-19 vaccines will help bolster the presence of Chinese pharmaceutical, biotech and medical product companies on the world arena, business leaders and analysts said. The export of our COVID-19 vaccines helped us gain international recognition and credibility, which in turn contributed to the export of the company s other vaccine-related products, said Pearson Liu, director of brand management and public relations at Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
From:ChinaDaily | 2021-03-08 09:08
Experiences accumulated from the development and export of COVID-19 vaccines will help bolster the presence of Chinese pharmaceutical, biotech and medical product companies on the world arena, business leaders and analysts said. The export of our COVID-19 vaccines helped us gain international recognition and credibility, which in turn contributed to the export of the company s other vaccine-related products, said Pearson Liu, director of brand management and public relations at Sinovac Biotech Ltd.
For example, since 2009, Sinovac has been promoting the clinical trials and registration of its inactivated vaccine against hepatitis A in South Korea. On Dec 29, the vaccine was approved by the local medical products administration, he said.
China s scientific vaccination strategy sound for global COVID-19 fight Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-23 13:36 Share CLOSE
BEIJING It took only 15 minutes from registration to getting the shot, said Mr. Li, a resident of Dongcheng District in Beijing.
Mr. Li had just got his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine. Since the Spring Festival, vaccination programs have been rolled out to residents across the Chinese capital, after key groups such as workers handling imported cold-chain products completed the two-dose vaccination.
In Daxing District in southern Beijing, where sporadic cases were reported last month, more than 310,000 residents had received the vaccine as of Saturday.