text | Li Zizhen
In the past month or so, the changes in mainland China’s epidemic prevention policies have exceeded many people’s imagination. From the initial strict insistence on " dynamically clearing ", various places competed to adopt a strict anti-epidemic strategy, and then suddenly relaxed, various places competed to relax control, and the number of infections increased sharply. As the toxicity of the virus has been significantly weakened three years later, but its transmissibility is relatively strong, the vaccine has become popular, and the cost of the zero-clearance policy is increasing, China's shift from zero-clearance to openness is the general trend.
The WHO recently announced that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide has exceeded 647 million, and the cumulative number of deaths has exceeded 6.63 million. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently stated that he hopes to declare that the new coronavirus epidemic is no longer a global public health emergency one day next year. January next year will be the third anniversary of the WHO classifying the new coronavirus epidemic as a global public health emergency. The WHO's emergency committee will meet again to review the situation.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 worldwide exceeds 600 million, and the actual number is even higher. The consequences of infection with COVID-19 cannot be ignored. The information experts currently have is still far from sufficient, such as how the virus evolves and its impact on the heart, lungs and brain. There are still many unknowns about the new coronavirus.
Many countries around the world are facing a resurgence of the COVID-19 epidemic this winter. In Europe, as the weather turns colder, the COVID-19 epidemic has made a comeback. Now, 15 European countries are seeing an increase in the number of new infections. Among them, the COVID-19 epidemic is raging in the Netherlands and Italy. The Dutch Minister of Health called on the public to pay attention to COVID-19 vaccination, and Italian media said that the possible shortage of beds in the country's hospitals is worrying; according to data released by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in mid-November, the number of confirmed cases in Japan in a single day reached 102,829, marking the second time in two months that more than 100,000 people were infected in a day. The epidemic situation in Singapore has rebounded, with more than half of the confirmed cases involving XBB mutant strains, and the mask order may be reimposed.
The number of COVID-19 infections in Japan has increased sharply recently, and the COVID-19 epidemic in European countries and South Korea has also rebounded again, but there has been no movement to tighten epidemic prevention measures. The number of new daily infections in France has soared to 200,000, and in Germany it is 140,000. However, due to factors such as the effectiveness of the vaccine, the number of severe cases and deaths has not increased. Therefore, in European and American countries, there is no trend to tighten epidemic prevention measures as in the past.
The epidemic is also spreading in South Korea, but the South Korean government stated that since "the risk of serious illness has not increased", it "will not consider taking measures to strengthen epidemic prevention such as restricting entry." Just like Japan, it is said that people's voluntary epidemic prevention has never been interrupted. Although it is no longer necessary to wear masks outdoors, most people still wear masks.
As winter approaches, the coronavirus epidemic in Hong Kong heats up, with the number of confirmed cases in a single day exceeding 10,000 continuously, exceeding the levels seen in August and September when the epidemic rebounded. However, many medical experts believe that the epidemic situation in Hong Kong has been relatively stable, and even if there are fluctuations, it will be difficult to return to the peak level at the beginning of the year. Tang Jisheng, vice president of the Hong Kong Medical Council Licensed Doctors Association, believes that the immune barrier built by Hong Kong may not weaken. Coupled with the gradual increase in vaccination rates, he believes that there may not be a big rebound like at the beginning of this year.
The Second Asian Medical and Health Summit Forum was held in Hong Kong on November 10, 2022. Cao Xuetao, deputy director of the National Health Commission of China, Cao Xuetao said at the forum that the global epidemic has rebounded, and local epidemics in many provinces and cities in the mainland are characterized by multiple, wide-ranging, and frequent outbreaks, and epidemic prevention and control still cannot be relaxed.
Many public opinions attribute the rebound of the epidemic in China to China's shift from zero to open. This is a big mistake! In fact, the recent resurgence of the epidemic is a global phenomenon, and the whole world is actually "positive". When looking at issues in , we must not only look at China, but also the world. Only through horizontal comparison can we see the issues correctly.
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