Chinese health experts highlight COVID-19 vaccination urgency among elderly-Xinhua


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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-risk group for suffering severe symptoms, said Wang Guiqiang, an expert from the infectious disease department of Peking University First Hospital. He pointed out that the antibody levels of the aged after receiving two doses of vaccine against COVID-19 are relatively lower than that of the young people, but antibodies will rapidly increase after the...