The coverage rate of people over 60 years old in Nanjing is nearly 90%!

The coverage rate of people over the age of 60 in Nanjing is close to 90%, but there are still not a few elderly people who have not been vaccinated. At the site of Nanjing Elderly Crown Virus vaccination activities organized by the Nanjing Health Commission and Xuanwu District Health Commission yesterday, the reporter learned that Nanjing is increasing the efforts to promote the vaccination work of the new crown vaccine over 60 years old to make up for the new crown pneumonia Prevent and control shortcomings and build immune barrier.

Liang Yaqiong, deputy chief physician of the Department of Immunization Planning of the Nanjing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that science and practice have proven that vaccinating the new crown virus vaccine is the most effective method for blocking the transmission of new coronary virus and preventing and controlling new crown pneumonia. The National Health and Health Commission pointed out at the national epidemic prevention and control work meeting that vaccines have certain effects on preventing infections, clear effects on preventing and re -transmission, and significant results in preventing intensive hospitalization and death. Due to weak resistance, the risk of severe or death after infection with new coronary virus was significantly increased without vaccination.

According to statistics, there are more than 1.7 million elderly population over 60 years old in Nanjing. At present, the coverage rate of people over 60 years of age is close to 90%, but there are still not a few elderly people who have not been vaccinated. Most of the elderly people who have not been vaccinated have chronic diseases, weak resistance to the virus, susceptible to infection and causing severe death, which is the prominent hidden danger of the current epidemic prevention and control.

At present, Nanjing is doing the work of finding statistics, organizing implementation, and propaganda mobilization. The competent departments of the civil affairs and aging office actively promoted the vaccination of elderly people such as nursing homes, elderly universities, elderly fitness and entertainment venues. The health department optimizes the service model, implements convenient vaccination measures, and improves the convenience of the elderly to take vaccination by setting up a "green channel" for the elderly, the opening of the elderly vaccination, and the provision of special vehicles. The health department also arranges a mobile vaccination vehicle to provide on -site vaccination services at the concentrated places such as the community, nursing homes, etc., and do everything possible to facilitate the elderly.

It is understood that in order to ensure the safety of vaccination, all the vaccination points are implemented "there are medical staff on duty, the protection of first aid drug equipment, 120 first -aid vehicle transshipment patients, and a second -class hospital for treatment of green channels" "Four" requirements. The implementation of the "three checks and seven -to -one verification" system, fully implement the vaccine scanning vaccination, arrange for medical personnel who have rich work experience and are familiar with common disease diagnosis and treatment of the elderly to participate in vaccination and medical security work, so that the elderly to take vaccination safety to be fully guaranteed.

"Virus vaccine vaccination is an effective means to protect the individual of the elderly. It also helps to establish a group immune barrier, propose and encourage the elderly who are not inocular in the city to actively participate in vaccination!" The probability of side -by -side reactions in the new crown virus vaccine is extremely low.

Source: Nanjing Morning News/Ai Nanjing reporter Qi Zaibing

Edit: Lin Li

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