[New Tang Dynasty News, Beijing time, August 23, 2023]The new crown epidemic in China continues to spread. Hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Xi’an and other places are full, and there is even a phenomenon of “hard to find the first number”.
Dr. Liu, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yangming Hospital Affiliated to Ningbo University: “Recently, in my cardiology ward and outpatient clinic, some patients with new crowns and three positive diseases will be found. In emergency departments and fever clinics, there are relatively more new crown infections than before. “
Sun Jing, an imaging doctor at the Shanghai Third-A Hospital: “Many friends around me said that they have Yang again, and many of them have already developed San Yang. Since July, the patients with San Yang received by the respiratory department are mainly concentrated in middle-aged and young people. Symptoms are mainly mild symptoms such as fever and cough. Some experts predict that the number of infections will increase after school starts in September.”
The new crown virus continues to heat up in China. On August 22, many doctors said that the number of patients in the “Sanyang” has increased recently, and there are relatively more new crown infections in emergency departments and fever clinics. In addition, many people said on social platforms that hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai and other places are full of outpatient clinics. Some people in Shanghai said that at 3 a.m., the fever clinic of the Children’s Hospital was overcrowded. Some people also said that they registered at Fudan Pediatric Hospital at 10:00 a.m., and there were more than 600 people who signed in, but at that time, the number 200 was called in front. In Xi’an, many pediatric hospitals are also full, and it is even hard to find one.
Shi Zhaowen, Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shanghai Putuo Hospital: “Recently, people around my friends often say that I have two positives, or even three positives. A monitoring in our country shows that a popular strain of the new coronavirus has now emerged called EG.5. Mutant strains reached 71.6% in August, which can account for an absolute majority in all provinces and form a dominant epidemic. It may continue for a long time in the future.”
Nurse from Henan: “Everyone knows that this new mutant strain belongs to the EG.5 strain. And the infection cases of this strain are on the rise in the world. Compared with other strains, this strain has a very high transmission ability. Strong. And the number of hospitalized patients is increasing as this person is infected with the strain.”
At the same time, the WHO recently announced that BA.2.86 will be upgraded to a “mutant strain requiring attention” following the new crown mutant strain EG.5.
On August 22, The Paper stated that scientists have different reasons for paying attention to EG.5 and BA.2.86. EG.5 is replacing XBB.1.5 and has the potential to become the new mainstream virus strain in the world. The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention also pointed out that the current domestic mainstream virus strain is already EG.5, accounting for more than 70%. According to the article, compared with its “parent” BA.2, BA.2.86 has accumulated 34 mutations on the S protein, and compared with XBB.1.5, there are 36 mutations, which may lead to stronger immune escape, which is inevitable. People worry about whether it will more easily break through the immune barrier accumulated by XBB in the past, or make this fall’s XBB vaccine obsolete.
New Tang Dynasty TV reporter Wang Yanqiao comprehensive report
2023-08-23 02:35:57
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