(People's Daily Health Client Chen) On June 24, at the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council Office, Lei Zheng Long, deputy director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the National Health and Wellness Commission and a first-class inspector, answered a reporter's question and introduced that the country had vaccinated 1259987 million people, accounting for 89.37% of the country's total population, and 78,8701000 people were over 60 years old.
"At present, China only carries out intensive immunization among people over 18 years old, including 30-39 years old, 40-49 years old and 50-59 years old.
The population coverage rate is high. Relatively speaking, the vaccination rate of people over 60 years old is low, and the coverage rate of supplementary immunization in some provinces is less than 30%. Yu Wenzhou, chief physician of China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview with the reporter of National Business Daily in March that the risk of infection and serious illness in the elderly is high, and the low coverage areas over 60 years old need to be paid attention to, and the vaccination rate should be improved as soon as possible.