BEIJING: The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the new coronavirus emerged a year ago before it became a pandemic and changed lives around the world, has started emergency Covid-19 vaccination in some key groups, said a senior health official Tuesday, even as China has yet to officially certify its multiple vaccinations.
The vaccine, available at 48 designated clinics in 15 districts, started on December 24 and targeted certain groups of people between the ages of 18 and 59, He Zhenyu, deputy director of the center for monitoring and control, told media in Wuhan. disease prevention in Wuhan. .
Those who receive the vaccine must take two injections four weeks apart, He was quoted as saying by the state Xinhua news agency.
According to the official Chinese schedule, the first cases of coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, on December 31 last year. The city of 11 million people was closed as of January 23, followed by the entire Hubei province.
Hubei province and Wuhan lifted a prolonged lockdown on April 8 this year after the virus was brought under control. The death toll from the virus in Hubei province stood at 4,512, including 3,869 in Wuhan.
So far, Hubei has reported 68,134 confirmed Covid-19 cases in total, including 50,339 in Wuhan.
In May this year, Wuhan tested nearly its entire population for Covid-19 following growing concerns of a pandemic rebound, but the city reported fewer cases in the following months.
Chinese officials in some of the cities, including Beijing, have been conducting mass tests of people in recent days in towns where cases have emerged. China’s National Health Commission announced on Tuesday that 27 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in mainland China on Monday.
This included 15 locally transmitted cases and 12 that arrived from outside the continent. Seven new cases were reported in Beijing, the commission said in its daily report.
As of the end of Monday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in mainland China reached 87,003, including 348 patients who are still receiving treatment.
A total of 82,021 patients have been discharged from hospitals after their recovery and 4,634 have died from the virus, according to the commission. China has been carrying out emergency use of its vaccines while the government evaluated data from clinical trials at home and abroad.
According to officials, more than a million people working in health and other critical sectors have received vaccinations under an emergency provision.
According to Yang Sheng, deputy director of the drug registration office of the China National Medical Products Administration, a total of 11 Chinese candidate vaccines are in different stages of testing at home and abroad.
China has joined COVAX, an international vaccine alliance.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that nine vaccine candidates, including two from China, are currently being evaluated for inclusion in the COVAX facility.
COVAX is co-chaired by Gavi, an international vaccine alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and WHO.
Globally, the number of coronavirus cases has exceeded 80.7 million, while deaths have risen to more than 1.76 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
The vaccine, available at 48 designated clinics in 15 districts, started on December 24 and targeted certain groups of people between the ages of 18 and 59, He Zhenyu, deputy director of the center for monitoring and control, told media in Wuhan. disease prevention in Wuhan. .
Those who receive the vaccine must take two injections four weeks apart, He was quoted as saying by the state Xinhua news agency.
According to the official Chinese schedule, the first cases of coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province, on December 31 last year. The city of 11 million people was closed as of January 23, followed by the entire Hubei province.
Hubei province and Wuhan lifted a prolonged lockdown on April 8 this year after the virus was brought under control. The death toll from the virus in Hubei province stood at 4,512, including 3,869 in Wuhan.
So far, Hubei has reported 68,134 confirmed Covid-19 cases in total, including 50,339 in Wuhan.
In May this year, Wuhan tested nearly its entire population for Covid-19 following growing concerns of a pandemic rebound, but the city reported fewer cases in the following months.
Chinese officials in some of the cities, including Beijing, have been conducting mass tests of people in recent days in towns where cases have emerged. China’s National Health Commission announced on Tuesday that 27 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in mainland China on Monday.
This included 15 locally transmitted cases and 12 that arrived from outside the continent. Seven new cases were reported in Beijing, the commission said in its daily report.
As of the end of Monday, the total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in mainland China reached 87,003, including 348 patients who are still receiving treatment.
A total of 82,021 patients have been discharged from hospitals after their recovery and 4,634 have died from the virus, according to the commission. China has been carrying out emergency use of its vaccines while the government evaluated data from clinical trials at home and abroad.
According to officials, more than a million people working in health and other critical sectors have received vaccinations under an emergency provision.
According to Yang Sheng, deputy director of the drug registration office of the China National Medical Products Administration, a total of 11 Chinese candidate vaccines are in different stages of testing at home and abroad.
China has joined COVAX, an international vaccine alliance.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that nine vaccine candidates, including two from China, are currently being evaluated for inclusion in the COVAX facility.
COVAX is co-chaired by Gavi, an international vaccine alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and WHO.
Globally, the number of coronavirus cases has exceeded 80.7 million, while deaths have risen to more than 1.76 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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