[China Economic Network Comprehensive Report] The Taiwan authorities' "Epidemic Command Center" announced on September 27 that 45,608 new local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 28 deaths; following the data on the 26th, the cumulative deaths in Taiwan this year have exceeded 10,000; and the BA.5 mutant virus has invaded the island, indicating that the epidemic in Taiwan is still in the "plateau period". More than 80% of local confirmed cases of
are infected with the BA.5 variant
It is reported that local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan have already accounted for the absolute majority. The "Command Center" said on the 26th that the proportion of BA.5 tests has risen from 59.2% last week to 80.6%; in addition, the laboratory has detected the first case of BA.5 children's encephalitis among severe cases. Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the
"Command Center", announced at the epidemic press conference on the 26th that according to the latest sequencing results, 293 new confirmed cases of the new coronary pneumonia Omickron subtype variant were added on the island, including 159 local cases and 134 imported cases from abroad. The
Omickron BA.5 variant strain caused a new wave of epidemics on the island. Luo Yijun said that last week, 160 local cases were sequenced for viral genes, of which 128 were detected in BA.5 variant strains, with a detection rate of 80.6%, which is the absolute majority of mainstream virus strains. Less than 20% of them are BA.2 strains, and no subtype variants such as BA.4 were detected.
Image source: Wang Bisheng, head of the "Epidemic Command Center", also claimed that the new coronavirus has lasted for nearly three years. The DPP authorities chose a way to coexist with the virus. Not only will they continue to spread each other, but they will not rule out that people who have been diagnosed will be infected repeatedly. He revealed that the current statistics of infection rate is about 26%. If we want to achieve herd immunity to , we need to multiply this by 1.6 infection rate. The estimated total infection rate is about 40%. In other words, more than 50% of the people in Taiwan have not been infected yet, but these people will be diagnosed one after another in the future. We can only expect the overall epidemic trend to move towards "low-level community epidemic."
The positive rate of residents in long-term care institutions on the island has increased
"Epidemic Command Center" routinely announced the epidemic situation of accommodation-style long-term care institutions every Tuesday. The positive rate of inspections this week rose compared with last week. The positive rate of residents in long-term care institutions rose from 1% to 1.3%, and the positive rate of staff in long-term care institutions dropped from 1% to 0.9%.
Luo Yijun introduced that during this round of COVID-19 (from April to September 25 this year), a total of 1,347 people died in Taiwan's accommodation-style long-term care institutions, with a mortality rate of 2.6% after being sent to the hospital. At present, relevant institutions maintain regular quick screenings for residents twice a week and staff once a week, and will review the situation in mid-October depending on the epidemic situation.
According to data released on the same day, 28 new deaths were reported among the confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, all of which belong to ethnic groups over 50 years old. Some public opinion believes that this sends a "warning message" to middle-aged and elderly people.
Taiwan's epidemic prevention measures will be gradually unblocked
Image source: Taiwan media
However, since the Taiwan authorities expect to implement the "0+7" "entry" "entry" exemption from quarantine on October 13, the epidemic is still in the "plateau period", which has caused controversy on public opinion.
, director of the Children's Emergency Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen Medical University, Taiwan, had predicted earlier that after the epidemic prevention measures were gradually lifted, various infections may occur in winter. As a result, Xie Zongxue posted on Facebook yesterday (27th). It is only autumn now, and the children's emergency department is full. Various pathogens sealed in the past two years have circulated on the children. The children's immunity debt caused by high epidemic prevention has begun to pay off their debts. The walkways of the emergency room were filled with beds, and the patients and their families filled the emergency room, and everything seemed to be back before the epidemic.
Xie Zongxue posted on Facebook yesterday that he had mentioned earlier that the epidemic prevention measures in Taiwan are gradually unblocking, and various infections may occur in winter, so it should be difficult for children to have emergency services this winter. As a result, he was wrong. It was only autumn now, and the children's emergency department was overcrowded. Various pathogens that were sealed and contagious in the past two years were circulating among children who were unable to resist. The phenomenon of children's immunity and debt caused by high epidemic prevention has now begun to turn.
In the past three years of the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the DPP authorities have put political self-interest first, ignored the urgent need for people to prevent the epidemic, and carried out political manipulation and political calculations, seriously damaging the lives, health, safety, interests and well-being of the people on the island.
(News source: China News Network, China Taiwan Network , Xinhuanet )
