This afternoon, The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on the scientific, precise and unremitting efforts to prevent and control the epidemic.
reported at the meeting that from March 1st to 24th, more than 56,000 locally infected cases were reported across the country, affecting 28 provinces. Among them, the epidemic situation in Jilin Province is still at a high level. From March 1 to 24, a total of more than 29,000 cases of infection were reported, and the number of new infections exceeded 1,000 every day for many consecutive days. The epidemic situation in Jilin City and Changchun City is in a continuous development stage. The epidemic situation in Shanghai, Hebei Province, Fujian Province, and Liaoning Province has grown rapidly in recent days, and the risk of community transmission in the places where the epidemic occurred continues to exist. The epidemic situation in Qingdao, Weihai, zibo of Shandong Province, Shenzhen, Dongguan of Guangdong Province and other places have been initially controlled. The epidemic situation in Beijing, Chongqing, Zhejiang and other places has stabilized.
The national epidemic is currently at a critical stage, and the epidemic prevention and control situation remains severe and complex. The Comprehensive Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council continues to guide the provinces affected by the epidemic to strictly implement various epidemic prevention and control measures to interrupt the spread as soon as possible and prevent further spread. Areas where the epidemic has not occurred must consolidate the responsibilities of all parties, implement regular prevention and control measures, make preparations for emergency response to the epidemic, and never relax in epidemic prevention and control.
Wu Zunyou: The harm caused by the spread of the Omicron strain COVID-19 is not a "big flu"
Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention Wu Zunyou, said that in view of my country's current epidemic situation, we strive to fight against the epidemic in a short time Dynamic clearing within a certain period of time is still the most economical and effective new crown prevention and control strategy.
As the proportion of people new coronavirus vaccine vaccinated is getting higher and higher, the population's immunity to the new coronavirus continues to improve, and the Omicron mutant strain itself is not as pathogenic as other strains, and the clinical symptoms of infected people The severity is calculated as a proportion of the number of cases per 100 people, and it has indeed declined. Asymptomatic infected persons is just a concept of a point-in-time status. Today’s asymptomatic infected persons may become mild or ordinary cases tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. We should pay more attention to their infectiousness. Due to its rapid spread and large number of infections caused by the Omicron strain, the total number of deaths and social harm and impact caused by the epidemic has not been reduced.
A study conducted a comparative analysis of the case fatality rate and mortality rate in relevant countries in the two time periods from August to October 2021 and November to January this year. In the first three months, the delta strain was mainly prevalent. The next three months were dominated by the Omicron strain. The case fatality rate during the epidemic of the Omicron strain did decrease, but the total number of deaths or mortality caused by the epidemic during the same period was higher than the number of deaths during the same period during the epidemic of the Delta strain. This shows that the overall harm caused by the spread of the Omicron strain to a country has not been reduced. Since mid-February, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in Hong Kong, my country, peaked at nearly 300 per day and is still around 200 per day. This also reminds that the harm caused by the spread of the Omicron strain is still serious and that COVID-19 is not a "large flu".
my country is a country with a large population. If a very small morbidity or mortality rate is multiplied by a population base of 1.4 billion, the absolute number will be very large. Only by achieving dynamic clearing can we eliminate the hidden dangers of the epidemic, avoid the possible congestion of medical resources caused by large-scale population infections, and prevent the possible deaths of a large number of elderly people or people with underlying diseases.
Xinmin Evening News (Beijing reporter Du Yuao)
Source: Xinmin Evening News
