The COVID-19 booster vaccine for children aged 6 to 11 has started.

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[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] The domestic Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic is slowing down, but Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the "possibility of the spread of the epidemic in China has greatly increased", and it is expected that about 2 It reached its peak in July, which coincided with the wave of returning home during the Lunar New Year. Spokesman Zhuang Renxiang pointed out that the epidemic situation may fluctuate in the future. It is the best choice for domestic people to take advantage of the current low epidemic situation to get the vaccine quickly. 1,670 people were vaccinated on the first day.

The command center opened up the vaccination of supplementary doses for children aged 5 to 11 from yesterday. Among them, Moderna’s next-generation BA.5 bivalent vaccine can be administered to children aged 6 to 11, and children’s dosage forms are available for children aged 5 to under 6. BNT monovalent vaccine.

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Zhuang Renxiang pointed out that on the first day of supplementary doses for children aged 5 to 11, a total of 1,670 people completed the vaccination, half of them received Moderna BA.5 vaccine and half of BNT monovalent vaccine.

In response to the "greatly increased possibility of spread" of the epidemic in China, which is expected to reach its peak in about two months, it coincides with the wave of returning home during the Lunar New Year. 35% of the population has been infected, and the actual number may even be higher. Therefore, the epidemic prevention and control of entry from China should be consistent with that of other countries.

However, Zhuang Renxiang still reminded that some people received the third dose of vaccine at the end of last year or early this year, and some people have been infected for more than 3 months, and their antibodies may gradually decline. Considering that the epidemic situation may fluctuate in the future, we should take advantage of the current domestic epidemic situation. When the time comes, it should be the best choice to hurry up and get the vaccine to enhance the defense.

At present, except for children under the age of 5, all ethnic groups can take additional doses.

According to the statistics of the command center, the population coverage rate of the first dose of COVID-19 vaccination in my country is 94.01%, the second dose is 88.64%, the basic booster vaccination rate is 0.78%, the first booster dose vaccination rate is 74.3%, and the second booster dose vaccination rate is 74.3%. The rate is 17.75%.

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