China News Service, August 3 (Reporter Chen Jing) Wu Jinglei, director of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, said on the 3rd that as of August 2, the number of people in Shanghai who had completed the entire vaccination had reached 18.
On the 3rd, Shanghai held a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, inviting relevant persons in charge of the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Pudong New Area and relevant experts to introduce the situation
Talking about the protective effect of the vaccine, Zhang Wenhong, the leader of the Shanghai New Coronary Pneumonia Clinical Treatment Expert Group, told reporters that there is no vaccine that can prevent infection 100%
It is reported that currently, the vaccination rate for people over 18 years old in Shanghai has reached 85%, and the vaccination rate at the airport has reached 100%
"As the world is still at the time of the new crown pandemic, imported cases may occur from time to time, and our prevention and control tasks are still very arduous
Zhang Wenhong further explained that "Guang" ranked first
The second is "fast", which must be dealt with at a very fast speed
"Early" means that the epidemic is discovered early
"But to achieve the goal of a normal life for the people, it is not enough to rely on vaccines and the "fast" and "early" of the prevention and control forces.
Regarding the issue of people going out to travel, Zhang Wenhong said bluntly.
For very old or chronically ill patients and other high-risk groups with low immunity, if they are not vaccinated, "I don't think it is suitable to travel
Focus on the new crown pneumonia epidemic
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