1. Hong Kong, China, reported for the first time a case of local transmission of the new coronavirus Olmi kerong variant
The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong SAR Government announced on December 31 that as of 00:00 on the same day, there were 19 new confirmed cases of covid-19 in Hong Kong, two of which were local infections, and these two cases were also the first reported cases of infection of the Omiljung variant in Hong Kong. At present, Hong Kong has reported a total of 12,649 confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia.
2. Rapid spread of Aumicron The number of hospitalizations of children with new coronavirus in the United States has increased sharply
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the week ending Dec. 28, the average number of new hospitalizations among COVID-19 patients aged 0 to 17 years increased by 66.1 percent from the previous week's average to 378, the highest number since the outbreak began. According to Reuters, in the week from December 5 to 11, the number of new hospitalizations for COVID-19 patients aged 18 and under in New York City was 22, while from December 19 to 23, the number of new hospitalizations in the same age group was 109, nearly half of whom were under 5 years old. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, in the week ended Dec. 23, about 199,000 new children were infected with COVID-199 in the United States, bringing the total to more than 7.56 million.
3. In the first few countries that infected Aomi Kerong, the epidemic is rapidly subsiding
4, the latest research in the United Kingdom: the risk of hospitalization of infected people in Omikerong is about one-third of that of infected people in Delta
On Friday, according to a large study published by UK health authorities, patients infected with the Ami kerong variant were less likely to require hospitalization than those infected with the Delta variant.
The latest data from the UK Health Security Agency found that patients infected with the Omiljung variant were about one-third more likely to be hospitalized than those infected with the Delta variant. The study analysed more than 528 000 Cases of Omirkron and 573 000 Delta cases in the UK between 22 November and 26 December.
However, chief medical adviser Susan Hopkins warns that it is too early to draw definitive conclusions about the severity of the disease caused by the Omilon variant. Hopkins said: "The increased transmission of the Aomi Kerong variant, as well as the rise in cases among people over 60 years of age in England, mean that there is still a high probability of putting enormous pressure on the NHS in the coming weeks. ”
5. South Africa has passed the peak of the epidemic in Olmiquerong and abolished measures such as curfews
On December 31, 2021, local time, South African Presidential Minister Mondley Gangubel issued an online epidemic briefing, announcing that the fourth wave of the new crown virus mutation strain Aomi Kerong in South Africa has passed its peak period, and it is expected that the epidemic will not worsen again in the future, so it was decided to cancel some epidemic prevention measures such as the curfew previously imposed and take effect immediately.
Gangubel said that when the epidemic data is below the peak, the load on hospitals will not increase significantly again, the situation is already under the control of the authorities, and the next step will be to focus on reviving the economy and using all opportunities to liberalize economic development. As a result, South Africa has decided to immediately lift the curfew from midnight to 4 a.m., but will retain some of its precautionary measures, including the need to wear masks in public, the number of people gathering indoors and outdoors to 1,000 and 2,000 respectively, and the need to maintain social distancing.
According to the New York Times website, during the peak of the current outbreak, there was no significant increase in deaths in South Africa, and the health care system was functioning normally. In the past two weeks, the number of new confirmed cases in South Africa in a single day has continued to decline, and the average daily increase in confirmed cases in seven days has dropped from more than 20,000 in the peak period to about 10,000, a drop of about 50%. Confirmed and hospitalized cases declined in most areas. This epidemic prevention result is partly due to the mass vaccination of the new crown vaccine and the immunity gained by the public in previous outbreaks. In addition, medical studies have shown that the symptoms after infection with Omicron are relatively mild, so there are fewer hospitalizations.
6. Nearly 600,000 new cases of new coronavirus patients were added to France in 3 days, and Omilon became the mainstream virus
On December 30, local time, the French Public Health Agency announced that the infection of the new coronavirus in the Aumequeron mutation accounted for 62.4% of the new cases in France, and the Aumiqueron has surpassed Delta to dominate in France.
According to the French BFM TV, since the new coronavirus was first discovered in South Africa, it has spread rapidly around the world, and more and more European countries such as the United Kingdom, Denmark, Portugal, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium have become the mainstream. French Health Minister Olivier Veyland said on December 22 that the Aumiqueron mutation of the new coronavirus is at least three times more contagious than Derta, and it is expected that between Christmas and New Year, Aumiquerong will account for the majority of new cases in France.
The French Public Health Agency released a report on the 30th that france detected the first case of Omilon infection on December 2, and by the 27th, 62.4% of the new case samples in France that were genetically sequenced belonged to Omiqueron infected people. As of 29 December, the Novel Coronavirus in the Amiqueron mutation had spread to all parts of mainland France and overseas territories.
7. On December 31, 231 new cases were confirmed, and 174 new cases were confirmed in Xi'an
At 0-24:00 on December 31, 2021, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 231 new confirmed cases. Among them, there were 56 imported cases (11 cases in Guangdong, 10 cases in Shanghai, 9 cases in Tianjin, 9 cases in Guangxi, 4 cases in Fujian, 4 cases in Hunan, 2 cases in Beijing, 2 cases in Sichuan, 2 cases in Yunnan, 1 case in Liaoning, 1 case in Shandong, 1 case in Shaanxi), including 10 cases of conversion from asymptomatic infected people to confirmed cases (4 cases in Hunan, 3 cases in Guangdong, 2 cases in Sichuan, 1 case in Guangxi), 175 cases in local cases (174 cases in Shaanxi, all in Xi'an City; 1 case in Guizhou, in Tongren City), Including 1 case converted from an asymptomatic infected person to a confirmed case (in Guizhou). There were no new deaths. There was 1 new suspected case, which was imported from abroad (in Shanghai).
On the same day, 59 new cured and discharged cases were cured, 5351 close contacts were released from medical observation, and the severe cases were the same as the previous day.
There are 802 confirmed cases imported from overseas (including 3 severe cases) and 1 suspected case. The cumulative number of confirmed cases is 11,139, the cumulative number of cured and discharged cases is 10,337, and there are no deaths.
As of 24:00 on December 31, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there are 2,886 confirmed cases (including 15 severe cases), 94,792 cured and discharged cases, 4,636 cumulative deaths, 102314 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case. A total of 1423756 close contacts have been traced, and 43,874 close contacts are still under medical observation.
31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 38 new cases of asymptomatic infection, of which 33 cases were imported from abroad and 5 cases were local (4 cases in Henan, all in Luoyang City; 1 case in Guangdong, in Foshan City); 11 cases were turned into confirmed cases on the same day (10 cases imported from abroad); 25 cases were released from medical observation (22 cases imported from abroad); and 514 cases of asymptomatic infected people who were still under medical observation (485 cases were imported from abroad).
A total of 29,757 confirmed cases were reported from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Among them, there were 12,649 cases in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (12,206 cases discharged from hospital, 213 deaths), 79 cases in Macao Special Administrative Region (77 cases discharged from hospital), and 17,029 cases in Taiwan Region (13,742 cases discharged from hospital, 850 deaths).