[국제]China “Vaccination Free”…4.5 Million People Have Already Been

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When China first approved its own vaccine, it announced plans to give it free vaccines to its citizens.

In China, 3 million people have been vaccinated in the last 15 days, and 4.5 million people have been vaccinated so far.

I will connect with Beijing, China to find out about this news. Correspondent Sungwoong Kang!

Has the Chinese government announced the policy of free vaccination?

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That’s right.

The Chinese government yesterday made a comment on the price as it conditionally approved the domestic vaccine.

Zeng Yi-shin, the deputy chief of the National Health and Health Commission, said the vaccine would eventually be free.

Of course, we have to consider how much the total amount will be used, but the vaccine is basically a public good, and he proposed the principle of free vaccination.

Previously, China also received 200 yuan for the first vaccination and 34,000 won for our money.

Regarding the approved Chinese vaccine, Sinoparm said that 60,000 volunteers from 125 nationalities participated in the phase 3 clinical trial.

Tests have been conducted in more than 10 countries, mainly based on results from the UAE, Chinese media reported.

China’s Sinofam said the vaccine had a preventive effect of 79.34%.

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The official approval of the Chinese government has been given and it is the new year, so the vaccination rate will be faster.

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That’s right.

China has said that it has already vaccinated 3 million people during the 15th month since December 15 last year to block the re-spread of Corona 19 in winter.

Low temperature food workers, quarantine workers, and traffic workers were mainly vaccinated by regions such as Sichuan Province and Guangdong Province, which averaged about 200,000 people a day.

China previously said it had vaccinated 1.5 million people from July to the end of November last year.

Even at this time, it was said that it was approved for urgent vaccination, but it appears to be at the level of the test vaccination.

Together, this means that 4.5 million people have already been vaccinated in China and there were no serious side effects.

Zeng Yi-sin, deputy head of the National Hygiene and Health Commission, said these statistics prove that Chinese vaccines are safe.

China is reportedly planning to vaccinate 50 million people by early next month.

This is a calculation that actually requires 100 million doses, since the antibody needs to be taken twice every three weeks.

From today, it is expected that the operation to inoculate millions of people a day will be unfolded.

Synofarm says its current vaccine production capacity is 120 million doses per year and will increase to 1 billion doses per year this year.

However, Sinoparm said that it would be a big challenge to get a large amount of vaccine in a short time.

YTN Kang Seong-woong in Beijing so far[[email protected]]is.

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