According to the Jiangsu public news channel "News Space Station" reported: On January 24, the reporter learned from the Jiangsu Provincial Vaccination Program and Pneumonia Immunization Prevention Strategy Conference that the world's first dual-carrier 13-valent pneumonia vaccine was officially listed in Jiangsu recently, which also means that there are more options for preventing childhood pneumonia.
Autumn and winter are the high incidence of respiratory diseases, and children within 6 years of age have not yet fully developed their immune function and are always facing a huge risk of pneumococcal invasion. Once infected with pneumococcal disease, it is very likely to cause serious sequelae such as mental retardation and paralysis. Experts said that vaccination with 13-valent pneumonia vaccine can protect children from the invasion of the 13 most common and harmful serotypes of serotype pneumococcus, helping children build protective barriers. Compared with traditional single-carrier vaccines, dual-carrier vaccines are comparable in effectiveness but safer.
Pan Hongxing, director of the Vaccine Clinical Evaluation Institute of the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that after using this dual-carrier vaccine, the amount of viral antigen it requires will decrease, and the amount of adverse reactions will also decrease.
It is worth mentioning that the dual-carrier 13-valent pneumonia vaccine has a good effect on infants and children aged 6 weeks to before the 6th birthday, which greatly relaxes the time limit for vaccination compared with similar vaccines. The price of the domestic dual-carrier 13-valent pneumonia vaccine is 482 yuan / dose, which is more than 30% cheaper than the imported vaccine, and the supply is more abundant. At present, this vaccine has been approved in five cities of Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yancheng, Suzhou and Changzhou in Jiangsu Province, and it is recommended that children of appropriate age be vaccinated as soon as possible.
Jiangsu TV reporter / Zhu Xiaoying Zhang Binwei Editor / Hu Chao
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