Many places published an investigation into the infection rate of the new crown; Gao Fu: The virus has found a variety of animal hosts | Influenza News_NetEase

(Original title: Many places announced an investigation into the new infection rate of the crown; Gao Fu: The virus has found a variety of animal hosts)

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Many places published an investigation into the new infection rate of the crown, the highest is above 60%

“Have you been infected with the new crown?” Recently, Hainan, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places have released local new crown infection data through questionnaire surveys, and the positive infection rate in some places is over 60%. Some places are still on the rise, with infections expected to peak in early January.

Sichuan: The actual infection rate is higher than 63.52%, and the daily new infections have decreased

On December 26, the Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of the Sichuan Provincial New Crown Infection Questionnaire (Second), which showed that the infection rate of 158,506 respondents in 183 counties (districts, cities) in 21 cities and prefectures in the province 63.52%, and another 28% of the population surveyed without nucleic acid or antigen test, but there was fever, cough and other symptoms of new coronavirus infection. the population should be higher than 63.52%. The peak period of positive detection in the whole province is concentrated on December 12-23, and the daily new infections are currently in the declining phase.

Hainan: The estimated infection rate has reached 50%, and the number of new crown infections is in a period of high volatility

On December 30, the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic in Hainan Province (the eighty-fourth session) was held in Haikou Party committee member and deputy director Li Wenxiu reported on the prevention and control of the new crown epidemic in the province Recently, the number of daily new coronary infections in Hainan Province is at a high and fluctuating stage, and the estimated infection rate of the province has reached 50%. Sanya City and Haikou City have passed the peak of the infection as a whole.

Quzhou, Zhejiang: The infection rate accounts for about 30%-35% of the total population, peaking in the first wave in early January

On the afternoon of December 28, Quzhou City held a press conference on the prevention and control of new coronavirus infection. According to Liao Lijun, Party Secretary and Director of the Quzhou Municipal Health and Health Commission, according to research and judgment, Quzhou City will enter the peak period of infection in late December, reaching the first wave of peaks in early January (approx. New Year’s Day), and enter a high plateau period. It can be at the end of January (Spring Festival) Next week) reach the top of the second wave. It was presented at the meeting, referring to WeChat questionnaire survey data from the Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, that the current general infection rate in Quzhou City accounts for about 30%-35% of the total population.

Zhoushan, Zhejiang: The proportion of infected people reached 30%-40%, and is expected to enter the high plateau of the epidemic at the end of December

At 15:00 on December 29, Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province held the 17th press conference of the leading group for the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic. It is estimated that the current infection rate in the city has reached 30% – 40%, and the total number of infected people is close to 400,000 about a week.

“Currently, the new crown epidemic in my country is at a high level of prevalence, but each state has entered a different stage of the epidemic.” On December 29, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, presented at a briefing session held by the Information Office of the State Council, “Like Beijing In Tianjin, Hebei, Chengdu and Chongqing, and some provinces in central China, it has developed the epidemic is relatively early, and the peak period of possible epidemics has passed. Chongqing, Anhui, Shanghai , Hubei, Hunan and other provinces and cities in the high epidemic period. Henan, Jilin, Fujian The epidemic situation in other states are also developing faster.”

Wu Zunyou said that according to the comprehensive research and opinion of experts based on the collected epidemic information, a large number of people will move during the Spring Festival travel in China, which may make the epidemic situation more complicated. Reduce the impact of the peak of the epidemic to him.

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Gao Fu: The virus has found animal hosts such as mink and white-tailed deer

From December 29th to 30th, the “Phoenix Finance Summit 2022” hosted by Phoenix.com and hosted by Phoenix.com Finance and Economics took place. In a complex situation, how to stimulate economic vitality and how to promote the development of the private economy is discussed in detail, in order to make suggestions and contribute to the economic development of the world and China.

Gao Fu, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a researcher at the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, shared his thoughts on epidemic prevention and control under the new situation and human pathogens. He talked about the relationship between humans and micro-organisms, and pointed out that the new crown is not the first virus that humans have come across. The plague and the Black Death that occurred in the 14th and 15th century has killed half the people in Europe because of the Black. Death. “That’s why Pasteur said, ‘Gentlemen, microbes rule.'”

Nowadays, the new coronavirus has been mutating. Gao Fu pointed out that this is the result of mutual adaptation between the virus and the human immune system, and the virus mutation has also begun to adapt to various animals. Currently, mink and white-tailed deer have begun to be infected with the new coronavirus. In addition to humans, the virus has found its own new host.

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Novavax launches phase 2 trial of combined COVID-19 vaccine

Novavax issued a statement on December 30, announcing the launch of a second phase trial of the new crown flu combination vaccine and stand-alone flu vaccine candidates, which will evaluate different formulations of combination vaccines and candidate flu vaccines in adults 50 to 80 years of age for safety and efficacy.

The dose-confirmation trial will be conducted in two parts, with the aim of enrolling a total of about 2,300 participants at multiple sites in Australia and New Zealand, the statement said. Preliminary results of the trial are expected to be released in mid-2023, and relevant data will provide direction for the Phase III trial. (Comprehensive Health Times, Phoenix.com, Jemian News)

Source of this article: The Paper Responsible Editor: Fu Chang_NB17842