A medical worker introduces a man with COVID-19 vaccine at a health care center in Beijing, January 2, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
With the country busy fighting recent COVID-19 incidents, major vaccinations have begun in many parts of the country.
As of Friday, 220 Beijing health centers have vaccinated 73,537 people, with no side effects detected, Gao Xiaojun, a spokesman for the Beijing Health Commission, said at a news conference on Sunday.
As requested by the national health authority, the first batch of vaccines is being given to nine major organizations including inspection workers handling cold chain incoming products, port workers admissions and those in the transportation sector. Medical and government department staff and those who need to travel abroad are also included.
Currently, health centers do not accept individual vaccination sites. People going abroad for personal reasons can apply for the bullet at their residential community service centers.
Both the Beijing and Shandong provinces plan to complete first-batch vaccinations before China’s Lunar New Year, which falls on February 12 this year.
Internal and domestic diseases are occasionally seen throughout the country.
Beijing reported one domestic case, an eight-month-old girl, on Saturday. The baby is being treated at Ditan Hospital and her eight close relatives are undergoing a medical examination.
Her mother and grandmother have previously been reported as confirmed local cases in Shunyi district, Beijing.
In the Guangdong province of South China, a B.1.1.7 viral mutation case was reported that was introduced over the weekend.
The mutation brought from the UK by a returning person is very similar to the gene sequence of the mutated virus recently seen in the UK, the Guangdong Regional Center for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Mainland China first discovered the large infectious variant in a woman that was diagnosed when she arrived at an airport in Shanghai on December 14 following a flight from the UK.
Wang Huaqing, chief investigator at the center, said Sunday regarding viral mutation, “The World Health Organization is closely monitoring the issue.”
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said vaccine recipients should still follow COVID-19 protection measures such as wearing masks and socializing.
Also, only those between 18 and 59 can be vaccinated now, she said. “Pregnant or lactating women should not be vaccinated.”
The Dalian, Liaoning Provincial Health Commission said on Sunday that the city’s latest COVID-19 uprising was started by five workers loading cold chain loads from a Russian-owned ship. .
Full results of a virus gene order showed that the virus is highly homologous with strain circulating in Russia in November and has a strong genetic correlation, the authority said.
In addition, a real scattering incident involving direct and indirect transmissions from one to more than 30 was found in the revolutionary gatherings in a Chinese port city, he said. e.
Since the uprising on December 15, Dalian has reported 48 confirmed cases and 30 asymptomatic cases as of Saturday.
The National Health Commission said Sunday that mainland China reported eight local cases on Saturday, with four in Heilongjiang province, two in Liaoning district and one each in Beijing and Hebei provinces.
Zhang Xiaomin in Dalian he contributed to this story.