The National Health Commission reminds that all current variants can cause severe illness or death, so preventing the spread of the virus is always key.
Written by | Tian Dongliang
Source | "Medical Community" public account
From February 4, Debao County, Baise City, Guangxi Province, found a positive person in the nucleic acid test for the new crown virus on returnees, and as of 12:00 on February 7, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the epidemic in Baise City was 99.
The epidemic in Baise City has spilled over to Nanning City. On February 6, Jiangnan District of Nanning City found a case of POSITIVE COVID-19 infection in the test of returnees from Other Cities, who was returning to Nanning from Debao County.
Of the 99 confirmed cases in Bose, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention has tested specimens of 2 confirmed cases and confirmed them as the Aomi Kerong virus strain.
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"Strictest prevention and control measures"
The first confirmed case in this round of epidemic in Debao County, Baise City, Guangxi Province, was a person who returned from Shenzhen years ago.
According to the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic in Baise City on February 6, the confirmed person returned to his hometown by car on January 26 for the holiday, and he lived in Shiyan Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen.
On January 31, a confirmed case of COVID-19 was detected in Shenzhen, which was in Shiyan Street, Bao'an District, along with the case in Debao County, Guangxi, and from January 31 to February 6, Shenzhen has reported a total of 16 cases of COVID-19.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic in Shiyan Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen on January 31, three days later at 17:57 on February 3, the first confirmed case in Debao County, Guangxi Province, went to the county people's hospital for nucleic acid testing, and the initial screening result was positive on the afternoon of the 4th, which also reflected a major loophole in the prevention and control of the epidemic in Debao County.
The first confirmed case in Debao County was confirmed from the return of his hometown years ago to the year after, with an interval of nearly 10 days in between, which involved many places and a wide range of contacts, and the current epidemic has involved Debao County, Youjiang District, Tianyang District, Longlin County, Jingxi City and Nanning City.
At present, the confirmed cases of the epidemic in Baise City are mainly concentrated in Debao County (88 cases), and those confirmed in Baise City have been transferred to the Jingxi Public Health Emergency Treatment Center for isolation and treatment.
From 17:00 on February 6, Debao County implemented the "strictest social control measures" throughout the county, in principle, personnel do not enter or leave, non-essential do not enter (leave) the county, such as special circumstances need to enter (leave) the county, must be reported to the county epidemic prevention and control headquarters for approval, without approval to enter (leave) the county, the epidemic prevention and control health code will be changed from a yellow code to a red code.
From 00:00 on February 7, the sealing and control measures were expanded from Debao County to Baise City, and Baise City implemented the "no in and no out" measures throughout the city, and all employees in the city were isolated at home.
Affected by the epidemic in Bose, on February 7, China Railway Nanning Bureau Group Co., Ltd. adjusted the operation section of 14 trains starting from or ending at Baise Station, 11 trains from Nanning to Baise were suspended, and 6 Pusu buses between Nanning and Jingxi were suspended.
Omikejong virus strain
According to the press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the afternoon of February 7, the CDC of the autonomous region tested the specimens of the two confirmed cases as the Aomi Kerong virus strain, and genetic testing is being carried out.
According to the information released by the Shenzhen Health Commission on February 5, the 13 confirmed cases reported by Shenzhen are all Omi Kerong variants (BA.1 evolutionary branch). On February 6, Shenzhen added 3 more confirmed cases, all of which were found in close contacts and key populations.
According to the National Health Commission, at present, the Aomi Kerong variant has become a global dominant popular strain. The Omikejong variant was first imported into Hong Kong on November 27, 2021, and was first imported into mainland China on December 9, 2021.
Multinational epidemiological data suggest that the transmission capacity of the Omikejong variant is enhanced compared with other variants. The World Health Organization's 23 December 2021 briefing on Omikeron showed a household renewal rate of 15.8 percent, up from 10.3 percent in Delta.
The results of the existing studies show that the Omiljung variant has not completely immunized evasion of the existing vaccine, and the vaccine still has a certain protective effect, but its ability to prevent infection has declined. In addition, no increase in severe illness and mortality was found to cause the Omiljun strain, and the existing vaccines were still effective in preventing severe illness and death against the Omiljun strain.
The National Health Commission reminds that all current variants can cause severe illness or death, so preventing the spread of the virus is always key. The mainland's general strategy of "external defense input, internal defense rebound" and "dynamic clearance" general policy are still valid for the Aumechjong variant.
For this round of epidemic, Gu Junyan, vice mayor of The People's Government of Baise City, said that the chain of transmission of the epidemic in Bose is generally clear, and the investigation and control measures of risk personnel are still in an orderly manner. "We will continue to pay close attention to investigating and controlling risk groups, do a good job in patient treatment, further expand the scope of screening, accelerate risk investigation, curb the spread of community transmission, and strive to control the epidemic in an incubation period."
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