Evening News| National Health Commission: China's overall epidemic prevention strategy is still valid for Aumechjong

1. 65 new local confirmed cases were added in 31 provinces

From 0 to 24:00 on January 15, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 119 new confirmed cases. Among them, there were 54 imported cases (24 cases in Shanghai, 14 cases in Guangdong, 6 cases in Sichuan, 3 cases in Yunnan, 2 cases in Liaoning, 2 cases in Guangxi, 1 case in Beijing, 1 case in Tianjin, and 1 case in Fujian), including 6 cases of conversion from asymptomatic infected persons to confirmed cases (2 cases in Liaoning, 2 cases in Sichuan, 1 case in Guangdong, and 1 case in Yunnan); 65 cases in local cases (33 cases in Tianjin, including 32 cases in Jinnan District and 1 case in Xiqing District; 29 cases in Henan, including 15 cases in Anyang City, 7 cases in Xuchang City, 7 cases in Zhengzhou City, and 1 case in Beijing, in Haidian District 1 case in Guangdong, zhuhai city, 1 case in Shaanxi city, in Xi'an city), including 6 cases converted from asymptomatic infected people to confirmed cases (all in Tianjin). There were no new deaths. There were 9 new suspected cases, all of which were imported from abroad (all in Shanghai).

2. The epidemic in Omikerong, the United Kingdom, has peaked, and the cases have fallen rapidly

UK research shows that covid-19 in Omiquerong has peaked in the UK, with cases beginning to decrease across all age groups and in almost all parts of the country.

On Jan. 13, Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's College London and chief scientist at the ZOE COVID-19 Symptom Study APP, said the data suggested the UK's Wave of Omilon had peaked, with hospitalisations, deaths and early data on the severity of Omilon "looking optimistic".

For the first time this winter, he said, COVID-19 infections are "more common than colds and flu, and symptoms between the two are difficult to distinguish."

According to data from the ZOE study, 52.5 percent of people with new cold-like symptoms are likely to be infected with COVID-19, up from 51.3 percent last week.

The UK currently has an average of 183364 new cases per day, a significant 12% drop from 208471 reported last week.

Among those who received at least two doses of the vaccine, there are currently 83,699 new cases per day, an 11 percent decrease from the 93,540 cases reported last week.

The study found that cases are declining in all parts of the country except the northeast, and even in the northeast, the rate of growth in cases has slowed and should soon begin to decline.

3. Expect more worrying variants of the virus after Omexjon

Leonardo Martinez, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Boston University, says the faster Omilon spreads, the more chances of mutations there are, which can lead to more mutations.

"This longer-lasting infection appears to be the most likely breeding ground for new varieties." Stuart Campbell Ray, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University, said. Only when your infection is very widespread will you provide an opportunity for this to happen.

But experts say the virus may not spread well if it kills its host quickly. But over time, viruses aren't always so lethal.

Viruses have many possible ways to evolve. Animals may hatch and release new breeds. Pet dogs, cats, deer and mink that are kept on farms are just a few of the animals that are susceptible to the virus. Viruses may mutate inside the virus, jumping back to humans.

4. National Health Commission: China's general epidemic prevention strategy is still valid for Aumechjong

On the afternoon of the 15th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference. He Qinghua, a first-level inspector of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission, introduced at the meeting that recently many provinces in China reported imported cases of the Aomi Kerong variant, and local clusters of epidemics were reported in Tianjin and other places. Globally, the Omiljung variant has also spread in more than 150 countries and territories around the world, and has even become a major epidemic strain in some countries. As the Aumechjong mutant strain spreads and spreads in more and more countries and regions around the world, the risk of its import into China through people or things is gradually increasing.

After comprehensive analysis and judgment by experts, the Aomi Kerong variant does not affect the sensitivity and specificity of the existing nucleic acid detection reagents in China, and the general strategy of "external prevention of input, internal prevention of rebound" and the general policy of "dynamic clearance" in China are still valid for the Aomi Kerong mutant strain.