Is it necessary to vaccinate the elderly over 80 years old？ National CDC responded

　　CCTV News:On the afternoon of December 8th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference with the theme of "further optimizing the implementation of epidemic prevention and control measures". Responsible comrades of the National Health and Wellness Commission and relevant departments of the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention and relevant experts attended the conference and answered questions from the media.

　　At the press conference, a reporter asked, many elderly people over the age of 80 are inconvenient to move, suffer from a variety of chronic diseases, and generally rarely go to public places. Why do they need vaccination? What facilities are provided for the disabled and semi-disabled elderly in the service?

　　Xia Gang, director of the Department of Health and Immunity of the National Bureau for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the current epidemic situation is still severe and complicated, and vaccination still has good effects in preventing serious illness and death. Vulnerable groups such as the elderly can easily develop into severe illness, critical illness or even death after being infected with Covid-19, and vaccination with COVID-19 vaccine will benefit the most.

　　Xia Gang said that a considerable number of disabled and semi-disabled elderly people in China live at home for a long time and rarely go out. However, infection may still lead to illness or even serious illness and death during the company or visit of relatives, so it is still necessary to vaccinate. At the same time, considering the mobility of these elderly people, in order to make them more convenient for vaccination, we have continued some previous good practices, including using mobile vaccination vehicles, driving special vaccination sessions for the elderly, opening green channels for vaccination for the elderly, etc. At the same time, it is proposed that all localities can send medical personnel with rich experience in diagnosis and vaccination to form vaccination teams, and provide home vaccination services for disabled and semi-disabled elderly people with common equipment and medicines needed during post-vaccination observation, so that these elderly people can complete vaccination without leaving home.