Evening News | Fauci: Several preliminary studies have found that the Amiqueron variant strain is not as serious as Delta

1. 132 new local confirmed cases were added in 31 provinces

From 0 to 24:00 on January 5, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 189 new confirmed cases. Among them, there were 57 imported cases (20 cases in Shanghai, 10 cases in Guangdong, 7 cases in Zhejiang, 6 cases in Fujian, 4 cases in Tianjin, 2 cases in Guangxi, 2 cases in Sichuan, 2 cases in Yunnan, 1 case in Jilin, 1 case in Jiangsu, 1 case in Shandong, 1 case in Henan), including 6 cases from asymptomatic infected people to confirmed cases (3 cases in Zhejiang, 2 cases in Sichuan, and 1 case in Henan); 132 cases in local cases (64 cases in Henan, including 50 cases in Xuchang City, 5 cases in Zhengzhou City, 4 cases in Luoyang City, 3 cases in Zhoukou City, 1 case in Shangqiu City, and 1 case in Gushi County). There were 63 cases in Shaanxi, all in Xi'an City, and 5 cases in Zhejiang, all in Ningbo City), including 30 cases converted from asymptomatic infected people to confirmed cases (all in Henan). There were no new deaths. There were 2 new suspected cases, all of which were imported from abroad (both in Shanghai).

2. Fauci: A number of preliminary studies have found that the Aomikron variant strain is not as serious as Delta

Dr Anthony Fauci, the White House's chief medical adviser, said Wednesday that a growing body of data suggests that the Omiljung variant strain is not as serious as Delta. But Fauci also warned that hospitals could still be under pressure due to the unprecedented number of new infections in the United States.

In an update to the White House Outbreak Response Team, Fauci told the public: "Multiple sources at the moment indicate that the severity of Omikeron has decreased. However, we do need a clearer severity assessment and long-term exchange of information with different countries. ”

Fauci cites a study in the Canadian province of Ontario that found that people infected with Omicron had a 65 percent lower risk of hospitalization or death than those infected with Delta. According to the study, Omi kerong had an 83 percent lower risk of being admitted to an intensive care unit or dying.

Fauci also noted that a study in South Africa found that around 5 percent of infections during the Opmiqueron wave led to hospital admission. During the Delta period, the proportion was 14%. The data showed that patients admitted to hospital during the Omikejung wave were 73 percent less likely to develop serious diseases compared to the Delta strain.

Citing recent animal studies, Fauci said the lung infection in Omikeron did not appear to be as severe as the previous variant.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' 7-day average as of Wednesday, about 110,000 Americans were hospitalized for the virus, a 39 percent increase from the past week. Despite the sharp rise, the figure is still below its peak level during last winter's surge, when hospitalizations topped 137,000 in early January 2021.

3. France found that the new coronavirus variant strain IHU, the mutation point is 9 more than the Aumequeron

On January 5, local time, according to a number of French media reports, on December 9 last year, the Mediterranean Institute of Infectious Diseases in Marseille, France, said that a new variant of the new coronavirus was found, the strain number is B.1.640.2, also known as the "IHU" strain. The strain contained 46 mutation points and 37 deletions. The strain was first identified in a patient returning to France from the Congo. So far, the Mediterranean Institute of Infectious Diseases Medical and Teaching Research in Marseille has found a total of 12 cases of infection with this strain. Due to the small size of the sample, it is currently difficult to assess its infectivity and risk. The World Health Organization has listed the strain as a NEW CORONAVIRUS variant under observation.

It is worth being vigilant that 9 of the new strains are located in the viral spike protein, and most of the current global COVID-19 vaccines are based on the new crown virus spike protein to establish a defense mechanism, and changes in spike protein may affect the virus's ability to infect human cells.

However, the researchers said it is unclear whether the B.1.640.2 variant will bring about a pandemic like the Delta and Omikeron variants.

4. There was a cluster infection at Taoyuan Airport in Taiwan, and local cases of Aomi Kerong infection continued to be confirmed

Taipei, January 5 (Xinhua) -- On January 5, there were 26 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan, of which 1 case was a local case, 25 cases were imported cases, and there were no new deaths. The new local case is Taoyuan Airport cleaner, and the latest epidemic investigation found that this confirmed case had taken a commuter traffic car and traveled with the previous confirmed case of a toilet cleaner in the airport parking lot.

Comprehensive Taiwan media reported that Taiwan's "epidemic command center" announced on the same day that as of now, there are 5 confirmed cases at the airport, including cleaners and drivers of epidemic prevention taxis. Among them, the taxi driver is the first epidemic prevention taxi driver on the island, and the test on the 5th confirmed that the infection was the Aumi Kerong mutant strain.

A new local case, announced on 3 January, was a toilet cleaner in the airport parking lot, who was also infected with the Omikeron variant. The case began to develop symptoms such as sore throat and fever on January 2, and during the New Year's Eve, he went to Taoyuan Zhongli Zhongzhen Market to set up stalls. A total of 25 of its workplace contacts, including 6 workplace contacts, 19 passengers and drivers who shared the commuter car, had all been tested on the 4th, when 2 were positive and the remaining 23 were negative.

On the 5th, the confirmed case was reported with the above toilet cleaner and 2 positive workers in the same workplace, a woman in her 50s, who had received 2 doses of Modena vaccine, which was a breakthrough infection. The "Epidemic Command Center" set the airport infection case as a mass incident