Ningxia’s new coronavirus vaccine covers 94.78% of the population
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Reporter 24 from Ningxia to deal with the new crown pneumonia epidemic work command 20th press conference was informed that, as of September 22, Ningxia cumulative reports of people over 3 years of age vaccinated 16,793,300 doses of the new crown virus vaccine, the total number of vaccination 6,566,200 people, has completed the full vaccination 6,357,100 people, the number of people covered, the number of full vaccination accounted for 94.78% of the total population, respectively 91.77% of the total population. The total number of vaccinations completed was 3.87 million, and the vaccination rate was 70.78%.
As of 24:00 on September 23, Ningxia reported a total of 4 confirmed cases and 199 asymptomatic infections. Ruan Yuesheng, deputy director of Ningxia Health Commission, said that according to research, the current vaccination against the new coronavirus is very effective in preventing serious illness and death, especially the third booster vaccination after completing the two full immunizations can further improve the protection effect and can effectively prevent serious illness and death. Ruan Yuesheng suggested that people who are not fully vaccinated, especially eligible elderly people, should be vaccinated as soon as possible and complete the booster vaccination according to the prescribed interval to effectively protect their well-being.
According to the results of the full genetic sequencing of the four first cases of the “9.20” epidemic in Ningxia, the strains of the epidemic are Omicron BA.5.2 variant and BA.2.76 variant. The Omicron mutant strain has a shorter average incubation period (mostly 2-4 days), stronger transmission capacity, faster transmission, lower infectious dose, and reduced pathogenicity.
Zhou Wei, president of Ningxia People’s Hospital and head of the expert treatment team of the command, introduced that the positive cases of this outbreak are mainly asymptomatic infected people, accounting for 95%, with only 4 cases of mild and common type, and no serious and critically ill patients, and all cases are currently in stable condition. (End)
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