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Vaccination speed in China a major concern, experts say
ksuadmin March 4, 2021
China must step up the pace of vaccination against Covid-19 to fill the immune deficit of the population, warned epidemiologist Zhang Wenhong, director of the infectious diseases department of Huashan Hospital in Shanghai.
Zhang told an online event organized by the Brookings Institution in Washington (USA) on Monday (1st) that China has sufficient vaccine production capacity for Covid-19, but the pace of vaccination is a “major concern”.
According to the epidemiologist, vaccine production in the country is expected to increase to 2.1 billion by the end of the year, enough to provide more than one dose per person to the entire population.
“So I don’t think we need to worry about China’s capacity,” he said. But he added: “My biggest concern is the speed of vaccine delivery.”
Even with 10 million doses applied daily, he estimated that it would take up to seven months to vaccinate nearly 70% of the population, a level deemed necessary to achieve herd immunity...
Vaccination speed in China a major concern, experts say
ksuadmin March 4, 2021
China must step up the pace of vaccination against Covid-19 to fill the immune deficit of the population, warned epidemiologist Zhang Wenhong, director of the infectious diseases department of Huashan Hospital in Shanghai.
Zhang told an online event organized by the Brookings Institution in Washington (USA) on Monday (1st) that China has sufficient vaccine production capacity for Covid-19, but the pace of vaccination is a “major concern”.
According to the epidemiologist, vaccine production in the country is expected to increase to 2.1 billion by the end of the year, enough to provide more than one dose per person to the entire population.
“So I don’t think we need to worry about China’s capacity,” he said. But he added: “My biggest concern is the speed of vaccine delivery.”
Even with 10 million doses applied daily, he estimated that it would take up to seven months to vaccinate nearly 70% of the population, a level deemed necessary to achieve herd immunity...