[국제]China’s free vaccination policy…”It has already hit 4.5 million people”

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China has announced its policy to provide 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!

China has also received the vaccine price so far. Has this policy been changed?

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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, deputy head of the National Health and Health Commission, said the vaccine is a public good and will eventually be free.

Of course, we have to weigh how much the total usage will be, but he added that prices will continue to fall as production increases.

Previously, China also received 200 yuan for the first vaccination and about 34,000 KRW in our money, but it seems that the policy was set for free vaccination.

Regarding the Chinese-made vaccine approved yesterday, Sinoparm said that more than 60,000 volunteers with 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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Now that the official approval of the Chinese government has been obtained, are you going to get started in earnest?

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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 during the period from July to the end of November last year.

Even at this time, it is said that they received permission for urgent vaccination, but it is assumed that it was actually the level of the test vaccination.

Together, China’s health officials say 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, an operation to inoculate millions of people a day is expected to unfold, and Beijing, the capital city, has announced that it will begin vaccination in an orderly manner.

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

However, Sinofarm also noted 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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