On January 29, a press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Zhejiang Province (the 102nd session) was held in Hangzhou.

Wang Zhen, director of the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that the Omicron strain that caused the Hangzhou epidemic this time is more transmissible than the "Delta" strain, and its virulence and pathogenicity are no less than that of the Delta strain. Tower, the public still needs to strengthen protection and be alert to the epidemic.

(Reporter Shen Yishan)

Responsible editor: [Zhang Xi]