The city of Nanjing will speed up the COVID-19 inoculation campaign by prioritizing people older than 60, the city’s health commission said on Tuesday.
Many people went to the community health service center in Taishan Sub-district of Nanjing to get the inoculation.
A COVID-19 vaccine recipient
This is my first shot
and the district government has arranged us
to get vaccinated for public good
A COVID-19 vaccine recipient
The country has taken care of the expense
on the inoculation
which is really encouraging
Residents in the Jiangbei New Area have been advised to make appointment for the inoculation through the mobile apps.
Lu Shaobo, Head of the Community Health Service Center in Taishan Sub-district of Nanjing
More and more people are coming
to get the shot
and we have extended the work shifts
to ensure that the inoculation
is provided as soon as possible
A mass inoculation center has been installed in the Jiangbei New Area and is expected to be put into service soon.
The mass inoculation center will be equipped with 15 registration sites and 30 vaccination sites to cope with the demand.
Ge Feixiang, Deputy Director of the Health and Civil Affairs Bureau of Jiangbei New Area
The 4000-sq-meter mass inoculation center
can administer doses
varying from 3500 to 4000 per day
The inactivated vaccine involves two shots, administered 14 days and 28 days apart respectively.
In the meantime, mass inoculation of the COVID-19 vaccine has also got underway in Yangzhou, Zhenjiang and Huai’an. 145 inoculation venues have been set up in Huai’an.
People older than 18 and those above 60 in good health are included in the vaccination on an appointment basis.
A total of 74.96 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered by midnight of March 20. The country will gradually increase the scale of its mass COVID-19 vaccinations in a safe, orderly manner. The cost of COVID-19 vaccination, including both vaccines' expenses and inoculation fees, will be covered by medical insurance fund and government fiscal, rather than individuals, the Chinese government said in January.
The free vaccination will be carried out based on the risks of infection of different groups, and participation will be voluntary.
Officials noted that the country’s annual production can fully meet the inoculation needs of the entire country.
China will gradually promote vaccination across the country and expand the inoculation coverage of the population, including for seniors and minors. Some regions in China, such as Beijing and Hefei in East China's Anhui Province, have already started to vaccinate people over 60 years of age who are in good physical condition.
Chinese authorities have reportedly laid out plans to ramp up efforts to vaccinate 560 million people, or 40 percent of China's population, by the end of June, and another 330 million people by the end of the year, covering 64 percent of the total population.
