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Xinhua Taiyuan, January 17 (Wang Haoqing) at the press conference held by the Information Office of Shanxi provincial government on the 17th, Feng Lizhong, spokesman, deputy director, first-class inspector of Shanxi Provincial Health Commission and director of the Provincial Center for Disease Control and prevention, said that Shanxi would continue to promote vaccination and build an “immune” barrier “.

“As of January 16, there were 20 high-risk areas and 67 medium risk areas in China, involving 6 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and 12 cities.” Feng Lizhong believes that the epidemic prevention and control in Shanxi is facing challenges such as increased pressure from external defense input. At present, leading cadres at all levels stand on the front line, command ahead and deal with it decisively. They organize and mobilize all departments of epidemic prevention and control to act as, jointly prevent and control, strictly guard against it, widely mobilize the people to participate in, prevent and control, and build a strong defense line. The epidemic prevention and control situation in Shanxi is generally stable.

Vaccination is the most economical and effective measure to prevent and control the epidemic. Feng Lizhong said that Shanxi will adhere to the principle of “no holidays during holidays and non-stop vaccination”, continue to promote vaccination and build an immune barrier for epidemic prevention and control.

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It is reported that in 2021, Shanxi received 62.747 million doses of novel coronavirus vaccine in total, and the average daily dose remained above 171000 doses. So far, Shanxi has completed 65.067 million doses of vaccine, covering 30.204 million people, of which 28.85 million have completed the whole process of vaccination, and the vaccination coverage rate of people over the age of 3 has reached 89%.

“At present, the vaccination rate of children and the elderly over the age of 3 is not high, and the immunity of these two age groups is low and the risk of infection is high, so vaccination should be carried out.” Feng Lizhong said that on the basis of doing a good job in routine vaccination at this stage, Shanxi will make every effort to do a good job in vaccination and strengthen immunization for people aged 3-11 and over 60.

Meanwhile, Shanxi has completed the third dose of vaccine to strengthen the immunization of 3.765 million people. At the press conference, Feng Lizhong also appealed to the whole province to complete the third injection as soon as possible six months after completing the whole process of inactivated vaccine vaccination, strengthen immunization, further improve immunity to the virus and contribute to the early victory of the epidemic.