Did you get vaccinated(接种疫苗)? You might hear this question alot when you go back to school. A COVID-19 vaccination action for kidsaged 12-17 is under way across China.
"The incidence rate(发病率) among teenagers was not high when COVID-19 began in 2019.But more studies show that they can still get COVID-19 and even die from it," said Sun Xiaodong, the deputy director(副主任) of the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
To keep people safe from COVID-19, children and teenagers must get vaccinated to reach herd immunity(群体免疫)."If we don't vaccinate children or teenagers, it is hard to reach the 80-percentgoal,"Sun added.
Many places in China started to vaccinate high school students on July 20 and middle school students in early August, Xinhua reported. By August 17, Beijing gave out 38.09 million doses(百万剂) of COVID-19 vaccines and 571,300 were given to people aged 12-17, according to the city's health department(部门).
Some parents are worried about the safety(安全) of vaccination. Shao Yiming, a scientist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said, " most teenagers will get either the Sinopharmor Sinovac Biotech vaccine(国药控股或科兴生物技术疫苗).Both are safe for people aged 3to 17."
