Older adults are advised to get two inactivated vaccine doses and a booster shot, or one-shot adenovirus-vectored vaccine plus a booster shot that is also adenovrus-based, or three doses of a recombinant COVID vaccine fo...
Patrick Nip, secretary for the civil service of the HKSAR government, said that under the COVID-19 pandemic, the elderly and RCH residents are the most vulnerable groups and are most in need of the protection conferred by the vaccines, urging the public to understand the risk of death faced...
China's health authorities say 90 percent of the country's senior citizens over 60 years old have had at least one COVID vaccine, and over 180 million senior citizens have got three doses. However, elderly people remain the biggest high-risk group. Wu Zhiwei, directo...
▲ A senior resident receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a vaccination site in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, March 22, 2022. Photo/Xinhua Its findings add to growing evidence that it is impera...
As a result, it is still valuable to vaccinate seniors during an epidemic, even though they may not finish the full course of inoculation on time, he said. However, Cowling notes that vaccine hesitancy is high among Hong Kong’s elderly, especially those with underlying health conditions. More...
elderly peoplevaccineThe rapid worldwide spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the newly emerged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has resulted in tens of millions of infections and over one million deaths. SARS-CoV-2 infection affects all age groups; however,...
When we have a vaccine against COVID-19, who should be vaccinated first? The question is relevant because, initially, vaccine availability will likely be limited. After healthcare and some other essential workers, it might seem the most obvious candidates are the elderly and othe...
The CDC recommends immunizing health-care workers and nursing homes first, but states can distribute the vaccine as they see fit. Hahn told reporters that states should give shots to groups that "make sense," such as the elderly, people with preexisting conditions, police, fir...
Over 2.46 million elderly have received booster shots, said the Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control. Over 60.76 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in the city, with over 23 million people now vaccinated. Of all, over 15.4 million have received booster shots, the...
A vaccine considered a frontrunner in the race to protect the global population from Covid-19 has produced a robust immune response in elderly people, the group at highest risk from the disease, according to two people familiar with the finding. ...