During a news briefing held on Saturday, some medical experts answered frequently asked questions about respiratory illnesses during winter and better explained the importance of getting vaccinated and adhering to a healthy lifestyle. The following are some highlights from the FAQs.
Major adjustments have been made to China's COVID-19 control policies.
On March 26, one positive COVID-19 case was found among the nucleic acid testing of people arriving in Maoming from Hong Kong after completing their 21-day centralized quarantine in Binhai New Area.
Fully vaccinated people in China can now choose to receive a different shot from their original inoculation as a booster in a process called sequential immunization.
On November 26, the World Health Organization has officially designated a new strain of novel coronavirus as the Omicron variant and categorized it as a Variant of Concern.
Guangdong plans to ramp up vaccinations against the human papillomavirus, encouraging girls under 14 years of age to get the HPV vaccine free.