U.S. Vice President COVID-19 Positive! WHITE HOUSE: Biden may be infected

The Vice President of the United States tested positive for COVID-19

U.S. Vice President Harris's press secretary Alan said on the 26th that Harris tested positive for the new crown virus that day. Allen said in a statement that Harris is currently asymptomatic and will quarantine at the vice president's residence and continue working. Harris, who has not been in close contact with President Joe Biden or the First Lady recently, will follow the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines and medical advice and return to the White House after testing negative for covid-19. It is reported that Harris has previously been fully vaccinated with the new crown vaccine and two doses of booster injections.

According to the latest data released by Johns Hopkins University on the 26th, the cumulative number of confirmed covid-19 cases in the United States exceeded 81.04 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 990,000.

WHITE HOUSE: Biden has the potential to contract the coronavirus

On April 26, local time, Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 coordinator, called on the US Congress to provide funding as soon as possible to help develop new treatments to deal with the new crown pneumonia.

Ash Ja said there is currently no guarantee that everyone, including U.S. President Joe Biden, will not be infected, but the goal is to minimize the number of infections and hospitalizations.

On the same day, after US Vice President Harris tested positive for the new crown virus, White House spokesman Psaki said that Biden's most recent test for the new crown virus was on the 25th, and its test result was negative. However, Psaki also said that Biden also has the possibility of contracting the new crown virus, and the White House will maintain transparency about this.

Psaki noted that Biden is not considered a close contact of Harris, but if Biden is infected with the new crown virus, "he will be able to continue to perform his presidential duties."

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: About 58 percent of Americans have been infected with the new coronavirus

According to Data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States has exceeded 81.08 million.

According to the latest report released by the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention on April 26, local time, about 58% of the population in the United States has antibodies produced by infection with the new crown virus - calculated by the US population of about 330 million, that is, about 191.4 million people in the United States have been infected with the new crown virus.

The CDC said that from September 2021 to February 2022, researchers analyzed about 420,000 blood samples and concluded that in the wave of infection caused by the Omiljung variant, the proportion of the U.S. population with antibodies after infection increased sharply from about 34% in December last year to about 58% in February this year, that is, about 191.4 million Americans were infected with the new crown virus, much higher than the currently published data , indicating that in the previous winter, The Omiljun strain has been widely spread in the United States.

Among children and adolescents in the United States, the proportion of people who have antibodies because of the new crown virus is even higher, at about 75%, compared with about 45% last year.

The report notes that covid-19 vaccination rates among children in the United States are lower than among adults, which may be responsible for the high rate of infection among children. As of this month, only 28 percent of children ages 5 to 11 and 59 percent of adolescents ages 12 to 17 in the United States have received two doses of the vaccine, and children under the age of 5 in the United States are not currently eligible for vaccination.

The study did not measure whether people who had been infected with the new coronavirus had high enough antibody levels to prevent re-infection, and the CDC noted that vaccination remained the most effective form of protection.

Yesterday's domestic domestic new "1818+12404"

At 0-24:00 on the 26th, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 1,818 new local confirmed cases of COVID-19 (1,606 cases in Shanghai, 56 cases in Jiangxi, 51 cases in Jilin, 31 cases in Beijing, 25 cases in Heilongjiang, 16 cases in Zhejiang, 8 cases in Jiangsu, 7 cases in Inner Mongolia, 6 cases in Shandong, 3 cases in Henan, 2 cases in Hunan, 2 cases in Sichuan, 1 case in Hebei, 1 case in Shanxi, 1 case in Anhui, 1 case in Fujian, 1 case in Chongqing), It included 1308 cases converted from asymptomatic infected people to confirmed cases (1253 cases in Shanghai, 31 cases in Jilin, 15 cases in Zhejiang, 4 cases in Jiangsu, 3 cases in Shandong, 1 case in Jiangxi, and 1 case in Sichuan). There were 48 new deaths, all of which were local cases, in Shanghai; there were no new suspected cases.

As of 24:00 on the 26th, according to reports from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, there were 26,774 confirmed cases (including 318 severe cases).

There were 12,404 new cases of indigenous asymptomatic infection (11,956 cases in Shanghai, 102 cases in Liaoning, 80 cases in Jilin, 76 cases in Jiangsu, 66 cases in Shandong, 41 cases in Jiangxi, 31 cases in Zhejiang, 14 cases in Henan, 13 cases in Hebei, 8 cases in Anhui, 7 cases in Heilongjiang, 3 cases in Beijing, 3 cases in Yunnan, 2 cases in Hubei, and 2 cases in Guangxi).

There were 32,054 asymptomatic infected people who were released from medical observation on the same day, including 62 cases imported from abroad, 31,992 cases in China (30,534 cases in Shanghai, 1,097 cases in Jilin, 75 cases in Jiangsu, 49 cases in Hebei, 38 cases in Anhui, 36 cases in Henan, 28 cases in Shandong, 22 cases in Yunnan, 21 cases in Zhejiang, 20 cases in Guangxi, 15 cases in Shanxi, 14 cases in Liaoning, 13 cases in Fujian, 8 cases in Guangdong, 7 cases in Heilongjiang, 7 cases in Jiangxi, 2 cases in Shaanxi, 2 cases in Qinghai, 1 case in Inner Mongolia, 1 case in Sichuan, 1 case in Gansu, 1 case in the Corps); 1310 confirmed cases (2 cases imported from abroad) on the same day; 225249 asymptomatic infected people under medical observation (602 cases imported from abroad).

Shanghai: The positive detection rate gradually declines, and the implementation of "limited personnel, limited areas, limited activities" in the districts with basically zero social coverage

Shanghai: Implementing "limited personnel, limited areas, limited activities" in districts with basically zero social coverage

According to CCTV news, the reporter from the General Station learned from the press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic in Shanghai held today (27th) that since the launch of the zero-clearing operation in Shanghai, the effect has become increasingly apparent, but the current epidemic situation is still very severe, and the prevention and control work is at a critical moment of vigorous climbing.

In order to further consolidate and expand the effectiveness of the work of clearing and tackling tough problems, and to achieve the basic clearance of the social surface as soon as possible, in accordance with the general idea of "unified command, classified policies, and concentrated attacks", the districts that have reached the basic zero of the social level will be implemented with "limited personnel, limited areas, and limited activities"; for the districts that have not reached the basic zero of the social level, we will continue to adhere to the comprehensive prevention and control measures such as "global static management, full testing and screening, comprehensive circulation investigation, clean sanitize of the whole people, and check and fill in the gaps throughout the process".

In the next step, from the 27th to the 30th, the "nucleic acid + antigen" combination method will be used to carry out screening work in partitions, and the scope of "sealing, control and prevention" will be dynamically adjusted according to the test results. In addition, in order to facilitate nucleic acid testing for the public, the first batch of 534 normalized nucleic acid sampling points were announced last night through the "Shanghai Release" and "Healthy Shanghai 12320", and the follow-up will be dynamically announced.

Shanghai Municipal Health Commission: The positive detection rate has gradually decreased

According to the official micro-news released by Shanghai, at the press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic in the city held today (April 27) morning, Zhao Dandan, deputy secretary and deputy director of the Municipal Health Commission, informed that on April 26, Shanghai added 1,606 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 11,956 cases of local asymptomatic infection. Of the 1606 locally confirmed cases, 340 were found in closed-loop isolation and control, 13 were found in nucleic acid screening for relevant risk groups, and 1253 were converted into confirmed cases by asymptomatic infected people. Of the 11,956 cases of indigenous asymptomatic infection, 11,798 were detected in closed-loop isolation and control, and 158 were found in nucleic acid screening in relevant risk populations.

As of 24:00 on April 26, 244 severe patients and 27 critically ill patients were treated in designated medical institutions.

On 26 April, there were 48 new local deaths. The average age was 80.85 years. 48 patients suffered from severe multi-organ underlying diseases, including cerebral hemorrhage, sequelae of cerebral infarction, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, severe cardiac insufficiency, severe hypertension, Alzheimer's disease, uremia, gastrointestinal bleeding, and advanced pancreatic malignancy. One of them had been vaccinated against COVID-19, while the rest had not been vaccinated against COVID-19. The direct causes of death are all underlying diseases.

From March 1 to April 26, the city reported a total of 535,600 cases of local positive COVID-19 infection, of which 44,548 were confirmed cases and 491052 cases were asymptomatic infected people.

As of 9 o'clock on April 27, a total of 512,350 people had been closely investigated, and all of them had been controlled.

Yesterday, 2,639 locally confirmed cases in the city were discharged from the hospital, and 30,534 cases of asymptomatic infected people were lifted from centralized isolation for medical observation, and they will return to their places of residence for health monitoring.

The current epidemic prevention and control situation has achieved phased results, but the epidemic prevention and control situation is still severe and complex, and the prevention and control work is at a critical moment of vigorous climbing. We are making every effort to promote the zero-edge action of social clearance, and the testing and screening action is one of them.

From the perspective of sampling and detection force configuration, in the past 5 days, we have configured nearly 20,000 sampling points and invested more than 100,000 sampling teams every day; matching the maximum detection capacity of more than 5 million tubes. From the perspective of sampling and testing organization management, community organizations are becoming more and more orderly, and the connection between the five links of "collection, delivery, inspection, reporting, and verification" is becoming smoother and smoother. Judging from the results of the collection and examination, more than 51 million people have been screened cumulatively, and the positive detection rate has gradually decreased. Next, we will continue to optimize the program to further improve the quality and efficiency of screening. Hereby, I would like to thank the public and friends for their full support and cooperation in the screening work!

The 2022 Shanghai Ordinary High School Academic Level Graded Examination was postponed

According to the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission Government Affairs WeChat "Shanghai Education" news, in view of the latest situation in the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the city, in order to protect the health and safety of the majority of candidates and examination-related staff, after research, it was decided that the 2022 Shanghai Ordinary High School Academic Level Grade Examination, which was originally scheduled to be held on May 7-8, was postponed, and the specific examination time and arrangement will be notified separately.

Source: Xinhua Net, CCTV News, Shanghai Release, Shanghai Education

Editor: Wan Jianyi

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