According to Li, the three different types of COVID-19 vaccines currently on the market, including inactivated vaccine, adenovirus-vectored vaccine and recombinant protein vaccine, are all suitable for senior citizens over 60. Old...
BEIJING, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese health experts have reiterated the necessity and urgency for senior citizens to receive the COVID-19 vaccine jabs, as local transmission routes of COVID-19 have yet to be completely blocked in some regions. According to statistics, the elderly are a high-...
An elderly resident receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine at home during a medical service for senior citizens in Dongcheng District of Beijing, capital of China, May 10, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao) - Three years on, with medical systems fortified, new variants getting tamer and 90 percent ...
TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese health ministry panel green-lit a plan Wednesday to allow a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot to initially be given to senior citizens and those with underlying medical conditions. The plan states that the fourth jabs of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccin...
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, director...
The shots — the single dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine — are being administered by the National Disaster Medical System team, and State Department translators are on hand at the site to answer questions about the shots. The Pentagon said the only transit point until Friday has been ...
Egyptian senior citizens, aged above 40 years old, started registering for anti-Coronavirus vaccine online last Sunday. This comes as part of the state's plan to address the Coronavirus pandemic and focus on the public health of citizens. ...
Results: 136 senior citizens responded to the survey. The majority of the populations were females (62.5%) within the age group 60-70 years in Chennai. Out of 136, 91.8% were aware of covid pandemic, 81.6% were aware covid vaccine, 74.2% think vaccine is necessary for corona, 69.1% ...
TOKYO, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday the government will consider providing COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for all people in the country as much as possible, Kyodo News reported. Kishida said in an interview with Kyodo News that the country's anti-vi...
BEIJING - On Thursday, 92-year-old Tang Zhaoyou, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, came to the vaccination site of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, ready to complete his COVID-19 vaccine booster shot. ...