According to Zhong Nanshan, a top medical expert, the country had fully vaccinated 1.08 billion people as of November 24, accounting for 76.8 percent of the total population, which laid a solid foundation for achieving herd immunity by the end of this year.
The Chinese government has been putting people and their lives first and adopted a series of concrete measures, including prevention and control mechanisms at grassroots level. Online media is also playing a positive role in raising people's awareness of effective epidemic control and prevention, Zhong said on November 25, at the opening ceremony of the China Internet Media Forum in Guangzhou, that China pays attention to human rights, especially the right to life and the right to health in the fight against global public health threats.
As a result of the effective anti-epidemic measures and the positive influence from the media, most Chinese are voluntarily involved in the active campaign to fight against COVID-19 and cooperating with epidemic control measures.
In addition, Zhong said data showed that China is the country with the lowest COVID-19 infection rate-8.9 out of 100,000-and the lowest mortality rate-0.4 out of 100,000-in the world.
He said rumors and false information spread even faster than the virus, leading to an "information pandemic" and exerting a negative influence on society. He called on the Chinese media to be responsible for dispelling any misinformation about COVID-19.