Be on high alert! National Health Commission: The risk of this round of the epidemic is still increasing

On the 24th, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference to report the latest situation of the current round of epidemic situation

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The current outbreak involved 13 tours or self-driving tours

Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission, introduced that since the outbreak of the multi-local related cluster on October 17, as of 24:00 on October 23, a total of 133 cases of infection have been reported.

The source of the epidemic is still in the circulation traceability, the transmission chain is generally relatively clear, of the 133 cases of infected people reported so far, 106 cases are related to the tour group transmission chain, involving 13 tour groups or self-driving tours.

The outbreak was caused by a new source of imports from abroad

Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission, said that according to the results of the existing flow adjustment and virus sequencing, the whole genome sequence of the virus in the case is low with the previous epidemic in China, indicating that the epidemic is caused by a new source of overseas import.

Wu Liangyou also introduced that the virus in this outbreak is a Delta variant, and the respiratory samples of some cases have a high nucleic acid load, indicating that the case has a large amount of detoxification, strong transmission, and a high risk of continuous transmission in exposed populations.

The risk of further spread of the current outbreak is still increasing

Mi Feng, spokesman for the National Health commission, said that at present, the epidemic situation abroad continues to spread, and seasonal factors are superimposed, which can easily lead to the spread of the epidemic. Since October 17, there have been many sporadic local epidemics in the country, showing a rapid development trend, which has affected 11 provinces within a week. Most of the infected people have cross-regional tourism activities, and the risk of further spread of the epidemic is still increasing.

Wu Liangyou also said that the vast majority of cross-regional infected people found so far are related to tourist groups or self-driving tourists, and the cross-regional mobility of potential risk personnel is large, involving more provinces, and the risk of further spread of the epidemic is large. Overall, the current epidemic is in a stage of rapid development, the number of cases of non-tour groups has begun to increase, and it is expected that as the screening and screening of at-risk groups continues, the number of cases found in the next few days will continue to increase, and the scope of the epidemic may be further expanded.

The risk of a combined pandemic such as COVID-19 and influenza remains this winter and next spring

Wang Huaqing, chief expert of the immunization program of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that since March, influenza activity in China's southern and northern provinces has been higher than the same period in 2020, and the level of influenza activity in southern provinces has shown a significant upward trend since September, and the risk of superimposed epidemics of new crown epidemics and respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza this winter and next spring still exists.

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