China has entered a new stage in its fight against the COVID-19 epidemic that calls for earlier detection and faster action to cope with the rapidly spreading Omicron variant.
About 212 million of all 264 million Chinese seniors age 60 and above have been fully vaccinated, a leading health expert said on Friday at a news conference.
Authorities urged over the weekend rigorous implementation of disease control measures to rein in the recent wave of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland.
The latest COVID-19 epidemic, which has affected 28 provincial-level regions, is controllable, and China will continue with its dynamic zero-COVID policy, which has proved to be effective against the highly infectious Omicron variant, the National Health Commission said on Tuesday.