A nurse injects a woman with a human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine at Boao Super Hospital in South China's Hainan province, Feb 18, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] Health service centers have reassured women who have had the first one or two doses of a four-way HPV vaccine - which requires three doses within six months - that they have full supplies. Concerns arose after recent media reports that the four-way HPV vaccine Gardsil, which works against four types of HPV and has been available in major cities on the Chinese mainland since the end of last year, was highly sought after and many centers had canceled reservations because they were out of stock. The suspension of new reservations is just to guarantee the required doses for those who have received the first one or two, said a woman who only gave her surname, Zhang, from the Xuhui district's Kangjian community health service center in Shanghai. Each time the center is replenished with, say 30 doses, it will provide them to 10 women to ensure each can obtain her three doses as scheduled, she said. There are already 200 women with reservations on the waiting list and it is hard to tell how long they will have to wait, Zhang said. The Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University said the vaccines were booked up just days after the inoculation became available in Shanghai in March. Our stock can guarantee that the 171 women who have received the first dose can have their second shot - suggested at two months after the first dose. Our stocks will get replenished in July or August so there is no worry about their third shot - suggested at six months after the first, said Shen Yan from the hospital's publicity department. Xiong Ying, a physician with Shanghai-based Sino-United Health Clinic, said it is fine if the three doses are finished over a span of 12 months. Wang Qing, director of the cervical disease diagnosis and treatment center at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University, said: I suggest that women who plan to get the inoculation sign a contract with the health center that the three doses must be received within one year, since the shortage of the vaccine seems severe. Local news portal thepaper.cn cited officials from the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention as saying the shortage of the vaccine is mainly due to high market demand. In late April, China's top drug administration approved the import of the latest HPV vaccine, which works against nine types of HPV, into the mainland. logo braceletsflash drive wristbandwellies and wristbands 2017debossed wristbandbatman wristband24hr wristband
Dimash Kudaibergenov, a popular Kazakh singer, is surrounded by Chinese fans taking photos of him at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangdong province last month.Provided Tochina Daily Dimash Kudaibergenov, a 23-year-old singer from Kazakhstan, has driven more Chinese people to learn about the Central Asian country, thanks to his stunning popularity in China. Kudaibergenov rose to fame in January when he first took part in Singer, a Chinese TV competition. His high-pitched voice and handsome appearance quickly brought him instant fame in China and he gained more than 3 million followers on weibo, or micro blog. Kudaibergenov's popularity was partly responsible for a surge in the number of Chinese following the Sina Weibo account of the Kazinform News Agency, a major Kazakh news portal. The number surged by 5,000 in three months. Born in Aktobe, Kudaibergenov is already famous in Russian-speaking countries, and his growing popularity in China has made his Kazakh fans even prouder. According to a local report, many fans have visited the Kazakhstan National Academy of Arts, where Kudaibergenov studies. The academy set up a large LED TV in the open air so people could watch his performance in China. On the streets of Aktobe, huge photos of the young celebrity hang on the walls of many buildings with the slogan, Support From the Motherland, written in Kazakh. In fact, his links with China began in 2015, when he sang for President Xi Jinping during the Chinese leader's state visit to Kazakhstan. Now Kudaibergenov is so popular in China that he even has a nickname, Hasakesitan Xiaogege, which translates as Little Kazakh Brother. He was named the ambassador for I'm in China in Chengdu, Sichuan province, the first stop of the I'm in China program. The program is a cultural exchange project initiated by China International Communication Center and related institutions in which foreign stars, online celebrities and volunteers are invited to visit different places in China and experience local culture and customs. That helped to realize his unfulfilled wish - feeding pandas. He already made the other come true when he took part in the TV show in China and met movie star Jackie Chan, who visited while Kudaibergenov shot the reality show. I'm grateful that the visit to Chengdu provided me an opportunity of close contact with pandas. I hope I can travel across China to see its different landscapes, he said. During the tour he also discovered the close cultural connection between China and Kazakhstan. I was so impressed by the face changing art in Sichuan Opera and was surprised to see that costumes in Sichuan Opera share similar decorative designs with Kazakh dresses. He said he plans to give a concert in Chengdu, a hometown of many Chinese pop stars and winners of talent shows. The Kazakh people are very fond of Chinese culture, and I think people here will also enjoy our Kazakh culture. [email protected]
