China CDC responds to when people under 18 years of age can get the new crown vaccine

China News Service, Beijing, March 28 (Reporter Li Chun) When can people under 18 be vaccinated against the new crown? Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization program, responded on the 28th and said that from the perspective of the country as a whole, the vaccination strategy will be continuously improved based on the needs of epidemic prevention and control and clinical data, including the newborn population.

On the 28th, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of China held a press conference in Beijing to introduce the new crown vaccination and supply guarantee.

Vaccination against the elderly population, China's national health committee deputy director of the Disease Control Bureau Wu Liang would have said that Beijing, Shanghai and other areas in accordance with the deployment of national unity, in full assessment of the health of vaccinated subjects under the premise of being infected and at risk , Has vaccinated the new crown virus vaccine for some elderly people over 60 years old and patients with chronic diseases who are willing to be vaccinated and have good basic health conditions.

He said that the next step will be to actively and steadily promote the vaccination of people over 60 years old and patients with chronic diseases in combination with the effect of vaccines in large-scale populations.