Qianjiang Evening News • Hourly News Reporter Xie Chunhui Huang Weifen Sun Yan Zhangran
Today (October 26) at 3 p.m., the Information Office of the People's Government of Zhejiang Province held the 78th press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
A reporter asked: I have just introduced the vaccination of the new crown vaccine for people aged 3 to 11 years old, and I want to know whether the vaccine they have received is the same as the vaccine for the original 12-year-old and older people? Is the immunization routine the same? What about safety and efficacy after vaccination?
Chen Zhiping, deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention: At present, the new crown virus vaccine approved for vaccination of people aged 3 to 11 in China is an inactivated vaccine, and the immunization procedure is the same as the original inactivated vaccine for the new crown virus vaccinated by 12 to 17 years old and adults, which need to be vaccinated twice, with an interval of at least 2 to 3 weeks, and the specific instructions shall prevail. In the follow-up, such as minors or the use of new crown virus vaccine types, immunization procedures, etc. there are updates and adjustments, we will also tell you in a timely manner.
According to the clinical research results of the approved inactivated new crown virus vaccine, it is shown that the safety of 3-17-year-old people is good after vaccination, and the comprehensive antibody is high, and the results of the study also show that the immunity of children and adolescents after vaccination is better than that of adults aged 18-59 years and the elderly aged 60 years and older.
The evidence now amply proves that inactivated COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective in people aged 3 to 17 years.
In view of the fact that the 3-11-year-old age group belongs to minors and does not have the particularity of full civil capacity, people in this age group need to be accompanied by parents or guardians to receive the new crown virus vaccine, and have parents or guardians sign a contract on their behalf, sign an informed consent form before vaccination, parents or guardians should understand the knowledge process of new crown vaccination, and carry a good child's ID card, household registration book, and vaccination certificate. At the vaccination site, parents or guardians should truthfully inform the vaccination doctor of the child's health status, psychological tension, contraindications to vaccination and disease history, etc. During the vaccination process, parents including guardians should accompany the whole process, and pay attention to maintaining a distance of one meter line, wear a mask throughout the whole process and stay at the scene for 30 minutes after vaccination, if there is discomfort, please contact the on-site staff in time.
Keep the local skin clean on the day of vaccination, avoid rubbing the vaccination site with your hands, and you can live and learn normally after the new crown vaccination. It should be reminded that if you have recently been exposed to other vaccines, you should be vaccinated again after 14 days apart, and it is recommended to be at least 14 days apart from other vaccines. Bites or trauma require urgent vaccination against rabies, tetanus or blocking immunoglobulins, which can be disregarded for time intervals.
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