On October 17, Italy added 13,439 new confirmed cases and 93 deaths. A total of 23114,013 confirmed cases, 178,081 deaths, and 22391,844 cured.
All the new and European epidemics were added on the 17th and real-time tracking of European epidemics (swipe up to view)
Lombardia: +1.864
Veneto: +1.209
Campania: +782
Lazio: +1.637
Emilia Romagna: +2.024
Sicilia: +535
Piemonte: +1.480
Puglia: +464
Toscana: +512
Marche: +409
Liguria: +328
Abruzzo: +424
Calabria: +326
Friuli-Venezia Giulia: +308
Sardegna: +325
Umbria: +304
P.A Bolzano: +198
P.A Trento: +127
Basilicata: +107
Molise: +47
Valle d'Aosta: +29
Autumn and winter are coming, the temperature is falling, and the new crown epidemic has returned to people's sight again. And just recently, a new coronary mutant strain called XBB emerged and immediately "scared" scientists around the world.
•Yi New Coronavirus Alert "Great Upgrade": 8 high risks, 12 medium risks! Deaths increased by nearly 30%, according to the Italian Leggo network, Fanpage network, and Tgcom24 network. According to reports, the latest monitoring data of the Italian Ministry of Health in the week (7th to 13th), the infection rate per 100,000 residents in Quanyi rose from 441 cases in the previous week to 504; the occupancy rate of intensive care beds increased from 1.8% to 2.4%; and the occupancy rate of ordinary beds increased from 8.2% to 10.0%. It is worth noting that in the middle and early this month, the daily increase in cases in Italy almost reached 40,000 to 60,000, and on the 11th it was as high as 65,925; while in the middle and early September, the daily increase in cases was still around 10,000 to 20,000.
in the past week (10th to 16th), 283,000 new confirmed cases were reported in Quanyi. Although the infection curve dropped slightly (-0.3%) after several consecutive weeks of rising, the number of deaths (469 cases) increased by 27.1% compared with last week.
At present, has 8 regions in total listed as "high risk" of the epidemic in , namely: Lazio, Tuscany , Veneto, Valleda Aosta , Marche , Puglia , Abruzzo, Emilia-Romagna ; 12 regions are "medium risk"; only Basilicata 1 is "low risk". In addition, the occupancy rate of ordinary hospital beds in 6 places exceeds 15% of this warning value, namely: Valleda Aosta (56.7% ), Umbria (26.6%), Trento (17.2%), Bolzano (23.6%), Friuli-Venezia Giulia (17.5%), and Calabria (16%).
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recently pointed out that as the weather in the northern hemisphere becomes colder, people spend more time indoors, and the situation of new crown infection is expected to increase further.
, Director of the Infectious Disease Department of Sacco Hospital in Milan, Massimo Galli, has now suggested that the government should retain some epidemic prevention measures (such as the bus mask order) and continue to promote vaccination. WHO and the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention have also issued warnings, saying that flu will also make a comeback in the fall, calling on healthy and vulnerable groups to receive both COVID-19 and influenza vaccines.
The picture shows Roman citizens waiting for the train in the subway station on the 17th. "European Times"
• Omickron 's "strongest descendant" is here: the first batch of vaccines may be "ineffective"!
What makes people feel helpless is that the new crown epidemic seems to never be the same, and new "super variants" are still being born.
In fact, the new coronavirus has undergone countless mutations and has produced a large number of mutant strains and subtypes, some of which are the "main forces" of several waves of infection. According to reports, the BQ.1.1 variant derived from Omickron BA.5 is spreading rapidly in the United States. Because of its strong immune escape ability, some experts are worried that the BQ.1.1 strain can trigger a new wave of infection in North America and Europe in November. What's even more terrible is that another mutant strain called "XBB" (BA.2.10) has a "more contagiousness and immune escape ability" than its own brother BQ.1.1, and has successfully "scared" scientists.
It is reported that the XBB variant is a highly mutant strain that appears by a combination of two different Omickron variants (BA.2.75 and BA.2.10). In addition to being highly contagious, has the strongest immune escape ability among the current variant viruses, and can significantly reduce the effectiveness of monoclonal antibody treatment. The first batch of new crown vaccine may also be ineffective against the virus.
Public health expert Amesh Adalja, Johns Hopkins University Center for Health and Safety, said: "It may be the most powerful variant of immune escape, causing problems with the current monoclonal antibody treatment and prevention strategies." He said that the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines may have "loopholes" against the XBB strain and have weakened their effects; the good news is: Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines ("improved version") seem to be effective for them.
What is a "bivalent vaccine"?
Simply put, the bivalent vaccine is a two-in-one vaccine that can kill two birds with one stone. After the original messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine is improved, it can fight against the original coronary disease strain and the Omickron variant strain at the same time.
bivalent and multivalent vaccines are not new technologies. There is a quadrivalent vaccine for influenza, which means that only one shot can prevent four strains, and the influenza vaccine may be improved twice a year.
Since August, the strain has appeared in India, Bangladesh , Australia, Denmark, Japan, the United States, Singapore and other countries. Affected by the virus, Singapore's infection curve has been rising in the past month, with nearly 12,000 new cases per day on the 11th, exceeding 10,000 for the first time since August 2. The country's viral gene sort shows that the XBB strain has become the main spreading strain in Singapore. Between October 3 and 9, the proportion of XBB strain infected was 54%, with the infection rate exceeding the BA.2.75 strain or BA.5 strain, and the number of patients who went to the hospital for medical treatment also increased significantly.
Singapore authorities pointed out that has evidence that the XBB strain may cause more repeated infections , but there is no evidence that it can lead to more serious diseases.
In addition, the first XBB.1 sub-strain has been found in Hong Kong. Italian media said that this shows that the virus is spreading rapidly in Asia.
As the new coronavirus continues to mutate, more powerful variants will inevitably appear in the future. Therefore, some experts say that the only effective way to fight the virus is to keep updating the vaccine every year and receive regularly.
(Original by Yihuai, Translation: Chen Shuo, Editor: Hua Jiayan, See the label for the source of the picture, please indicate Yihuai: oushitalia)
