While vaccination in Europe and the United States has accelerated further, with EU officials saying that herd immunization is “on the horizon,” CDC chief scientist Wu Zunyou said that China has no particular advantage in the global competition to achieve herd immunity through vaccines and called for an increase in vaccination rates as soon as possible.
It is important to note that CDC chief scientist Wu Zunyou clearly pointed out that China’s previous “advantage” relied on “the use of containment strategies to become the winner,” but now it needs to be clear that “the human race will ultimately rely on vaccines to overcome the new crown. It depends on vaccines.”
On March 27, Wu Zunyou, chief scientist of the Chinese CDC, gave a keynote speech at the “Year of CDC Communication Capacity Enhancement Event” held by the Chinese National health Construction Commission in Haikou, China, saying that without a vaccine, China became the winner in the first round of the global encounter with Neoplasia. After the vaccine came out, countries like Europe and the United States were able to achieve herd immunity faster through a two-wheeled approach of “natural infection + vaccination”.
In Wu Zunyou’s view, China has no particular advantage in global competition due to its large population base and herd immunity through vaccines, and it is hoped that China will increase its vaccination rate as soon as possible.
According to the official Chinese narrative, the New crown outbreak broke out in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. After an initial period of concealment and delay, the city of Wuhan, Home to 12 million people, was put on full lockdown, followed by an extremely harsh blockade strategy. After the Epidemic stabilized, the authorities have continued to adopt a harsh blockade strategy since the latter half of last year, when sporadic outbreaks have emerged across China, with Heilongjiang and Hebei having been fully sealed off from the province.
Wu Zunyou pointed out that now after the global prevention and control entered the era of vaccines, the victory over the new crown will ultimately depend on the vaccine. He also said that the containment strategy will no longer be China’s main prevention and control strategy, but will still be applied on a local scale.
After realizing that vaccination is lagging behind, Chinese authorities appear to be taking a “great leap forward” approach, with Chinese media reporting that many parts of the country have set accelerated vaccination targets, with Jiangsu setting a goal of reaching more than 70 percent vaccination coverage by the end of the year and Guangxi reaching more than 60 percent of its population by the end of the year.
Chinese officials say China’s maximum daily vaccination capacity has exceeded 10 million doses. According to figures released by China’s National Health Construction Commission, more than 100 million doses of vaccines have been administered in China, but the vaccination rate is only 7.1 percent, far below the 80 percent of the population that experts have determined is needed to achieve herd immunity.
The pace of vaccination varies around the world, according to EU Commissioner for the Internal Market Breton, who said Sunday that “the dawn of vaccination is in sight” in the EU, having previously said that EU countries should achieve herd immunity by mid-July.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday also called on Russians to get vaccinated in large numbers, which he believes is a “must”, and Putin has received the Russian vaccine “Satellite V” a week ago to lead the way for his countrymen. Putin’s call for vaccination is related to the slow process of vaccination in Russia.
According to data, the current vaccination rate in Russia is only 4%, much lower than in Europe and the United States.
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