(People's Daily Health Client Liu Yingqi) People's Daily Health Client found that free influenza vaccination work has been started in many places, and most of them will be completed by the end of November. According to the "Technical Guidelines for the Prevention of Influenza Vaccination in China (2022-2023)", all regions need to strictly prevent the risk of the superimposed epidemic of respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza and the new crown pneumonia epidemic this winter and next spring, and influenza vaccination is the most effective means to prevent influenza.
Free influenza vaccination in many places will be completed by the end of November
Beijing: Free vaccination for three groups. According to Beijing release on October 21, Beijing Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention reminds citizens to actively receive vaccination. The deadline for free influenza vaccination in Beijing is November 30, and the self-paid influenza vaccination will last until February next year. According to the "Notice of the 2022 Beijing Influenza Vaccination Work Plan" on September 6, three types of people can receive influenza vaccines for free: elderly people with the city's resident identity certificate/ social security card , age over 60 years old (date of birth before December 31, 1962); all students in various primary and secondary schools (including primary schools, ordinary middle schools, secondary schools, vocational high schools , technical colleges, work-study school , special education school ); emergency support personnel for major activities identified by the health and health administrative departments of each district (including front-line personnel in the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic).
Hangzhou, Zhejiang: Free vaccination for elderly people over 70 years old. On September 6, according to " Hangzhou Release ", in 2022, Hangzhou City will continue to implement free influenza vaccination for key groups. People who can receive influenza vaccination for free are: elderly people over 70 years old who are born before December 31, 1952, hold a Zhejiang Provincial Household Registration Book or ID Card, and voluntarily and informally agree to vaccination. The vaccination time is from September to November 2022. The specific time shall be subject to the arrangements for vaccination clinics of each community health service center (township health center). In addition, Changxing County, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province also received free influenza vaccine for elderly people over 60 years old in this county.
Zhengzhou, Henan: Free vaccination for elderly people over 65 years old. On October 4, the free influenza vaccination activity for elderly people over 65 years old in Zhengzhou was officially launched. A relevant person in charge of the Zhengzhou Municipal Health Commission said that the centralized and free vaccination time is from mid-October to November 15, 2022.
Shanghai Qingpu children receive influenza vaccination. Green Qingpu official account Picture
vaccine is best completed before winter comes
Director of the National Influenza Center Wang Dayan pointed out in an interview with the People's Daily Health Client on October 23 that generally speaking, influenza vaccines need to produce antibodies with protective effects, it takes 2 to 4 weeks. The time and duration of the autumn and winter influenza season will vary in different years. For example, it can start in September in the early stage, and it will start around the end of November in the late stage. So early vaccination is the safest.
Public health and Epidemiology Expert Zeng Guang Once when he was a guest on the People's Daily Health Client "People's Famous Masters" that the most effective effect of completing influenza vaccination in the first half of the month before the epidemic season.
Former Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention doctor and vaccine expert Tao Lina pointed out in an interview with the People's Daily Health Client on October 23: "The peak of the influenza epidemic in my country is in winter and spring, and it is best to get vaccinated before winter comes. Organizing influenza vaccination is a major project, and vaccination is at the end of November at the latest, which also takes into account operability." At the same time, Tao Lina emphasized that for individuals, early vaccination is early protection and good mood. The components of
influenza vaccine have been updated
"Technical Guidelines for the Prevention of Influenza Vaccine in China (2022-2023)" pointed out that the influenza vaccines approved by my country include trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV3), quadrivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV4) and trivalent live attenuated live influenza vaccine (LAIV3), among which the components of trivalent and quadrivalent influenza vaccine have been updated this year.
Tao Lina pointed out that the influenza vaccines currently used in various places are produced according to the epidemic strains predicted and distributed by World Health Organization . The trivalent vaccine contains 2 strains of type A and 1 strain of type B, and the tetravalent vaccine contains 2 strains of type A and 2 strains of type B.
Wang Dayan said that compared with last year, the components of the influenza vaccine have changed, which can cover the current epidemic strains in my country.
