The command center pointed out today that according to the latest monitoring data, the proportion of severe cases over the age of 65 increases with age, and more than 90% of the death cases have a potential medical history, and most of them are elderly people. However, the vaccination rate of vaccine supplements for the elderly is still not high. .

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[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Report from Taipei] The local epidemic of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) continues, and the Lunar New Year holiday is approaching. With the increase of age, more than 90% of the death cases have underlying medical history, and the vast majority are elderly people, but the vaccination rate of vaccine supplements for the elderly is still not high.

Statistics show that more than 20% of the elderly over the age of 65 have not received the third dose of vaccine, the second booster dose vaccination rate is only 44.7%, and the third booster dose vaccination rate is only 9.9%.

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Recently, the local epidemic has fluctuated up and down, and the epidemic has shown a downward trend, but the threat of the disease to high-risk groups is still there.

Command Center spokesman Zhuang Renxiang pointed out that according to domestic monitoring data, the proportion of severe cases over the age of 65 increases with age; among those under the age of 65, children under the age of 6 have a higher proportion of severe cases.

More than 90% of the death cases had underlying medical history.

For the vaccination of young children, the first and second doses of preschool children aged 6 months to 4 years old are still not ideal.

The command center reminds parents that they should take their children to complete the vaccination if there are still cases of severe illness or subsequent MIS-C after receiving the diagnosis.

As for the second dose of vaccination for elementary school children aged 5 to 11, the situation is not good.

Zhuang Renxiang emphasized that based on this, the command center recommends that infants, children, adolescents and the elderly who have not yet completed the basic dose be vaccinated quickly; those who are over 6 years old have completed the basic target and have not yet received a dose of bivalent BA.4/5 next-generation vaccine. For children, additional vaccination is recommended to improve protection; in addition, for children aged 5 to under 6, it is recommended to receive supplementary doses of BNT monovalent vaccine.

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