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CdC: Children aged 3 to 11 years have a lower incidence of serious adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine than adolescents and adults

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Beijing, December 11 (China News Service) -- Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said in Beijing on the 11th that the incidence of serious adverse reactions in the adverse reactions of the new crown virus vaccine in the entire population was less than one in a million, of which the incidence of serious adverse reactions in children aged 3 to 11 years was lower than that of adolescents and adults.

On the same day, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council of China held a press conference on the recent prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and vaccination work, and Wang Huaqing made the above remarks at the press conference.

He pointed out that in the process of new crown virus vaccination, there is a very important task, that is, to do a good job of monitoring the adverse reactions of the new crown virus vaccine, including monitoring of children aged 3 to 11 years old. According to the results of the analysis as of December 3, the overall incidence of adverse reactions in children was relatively stable, and there were no abnormalities.

"More than 95 percent of the adverse reactions reported were general." Wang Huaqing said that in addition, there are some abnormal reactions, coupling reactions, and psychogenic reactions. In abnormal reactions, most are allergic rashes. The incidence of serious adverse reactions in the population-wide population vaccination adverse reactions was reported to be less than one in a million, with children aged 3 to 11 years having a lower incidence of serious adverse reactions than adolescents and adults.

Talking about whether vaccination against chickenpox, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, influenza and other vaccines has an impact on the vaccination of new crown vaccines, Wang Huaqing said that this is a problem of the immunization procedure of vaccination, and it also involves the urgency of disease control. The new coronavirus vaccine is a new vaccine, in order to reduce the possible impact, including the diagnosis and identification of adverse reactions, the current "technical guidelines for new crown virus vaccination" stipulate that in addition to rabies vaccines and tetanus vaccines, other vaccines should be vaccinated 14 days apart.

"Of course, such a rule is not set in stone, and as the results of the study continue to come out, we may also make an adjustment to this interval." Wang Huaqing said that in the short term, the effect of the vaccine against influenza, chickenpox, hand, foot and mouth disease, etc., is limited. In the current situation, it is recommended to give priority to the new crown virus vaccine, and other vaccines should also be given in a timely manner when they reach the specified time interval.

Regarding the adverse reactions of the elderly to receive the new crown vaccine, Wang Huaqing said that the reported incidence of adverse reactions in the elderly over 60 years old is lower than that of the adult population under 60 years old. Among the reported adverse reactions, as in children, the general reactions accounted for the vast majority, and the abnormal reactions were only a small part, of which the main ones were allergic rashes. Vaccination is still the best protective measure for the elderly, and the risk of abnormal reactions is very low. (End)

Source: China News Network

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