On the afternoon of January 6, the first Zhong Nanshan Youth Science and Technology Innovation Award Ceremony and the sharing meeting of "Tribute to the Youth Fighting the Epidemic" were held in Guangzhou. Zhong Nanshan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, attended and delivered a keynote speech. Zhong Nanshan mentioned that China has become the country with the smallest number of new crown pneumonia patients in the world, with a prevalence rate of 9.4 per 100,000, which is 1/1866 of the United States, and the lowest mortality rate, 0.4 per 100,000, which is 1/638 of the United States. "What is the highest human right? It is life, and it is a healthy life. Zhong Nanshan said.
Zhong Nanshan said that as of January 6, China has completed vaccination of 1.213 billion people, with a vaccination rate of 86%, and completed intensive vaccination of 331 million people, reaching 23.5%. At present, although there are still sporadic outbreaks in China, no Infection of the Omicron community has been detected in China.
Zhong Nanshan said that no matter which vaccine, it will play a great role in improving the survival rate of the new crown virus. At the same time, he firmly pointed out that China's vaccine is useful, based on the study of the outbreak of the New Coronavirus Delta strain in Guangzhou in 2021, it can be seen that the protective effect of infection after vaccination is very obvious for moderate and severe patients.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, New Flower City Reporter: Li Huiying
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Guangzhou Daily New Flower City Editor: Lin Jing