(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) China's disease control experts re-emphasize: the epidemic of the Omicron strain is serious, and the new coronary pneumonia is not a "big flu"
China News Agency, Beijing, March 25 (Reporter Ying Ni) Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, re-emphasized in Beijing on the 25th that although the proportion of asymptomatic in this round of epidemics is relatively high, the Omicron strain The harm of the epidemic is still serious, and the new coronary pneumonia is not a "big flu".
On March 25, the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference.
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The joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council of China held a press conference on the same day. In response to the high proportion of asymptomatic infections in this round of epidemics, whether it means that the new crown virus is developing into influenza, Wu Zunyou said that with the proportion of new crown vaccine vaccination in the population It is getting higher and higher, and the immunity of the population to the new coronavirus is constantly improving. In addition, the pathogenicity of the Omicron variant strain itself is not as strong as that of other strains. There has indeed been a decline.
But he emphasized that "asymptomatic infections are only a concept of a time-point state. Today's asymptomatic infections may become mild or common cases tomorrow or the day after, and we should pay more attention to the level of infectivity."
Wu Zunyou pointed out that due to the rapid spread of the Omicron strain and the large number of infected people, the total number of deaths and social harm and impact have not been alleviated.
He introduced that a study has made a comparative analysis of the case fatality rate and mortality rate of the relevant countries in the two time periods from August to October 2021 and from November to January 2022. The first three months were based on the epidemic of Delta strains. Lord, the next three months are dominated by the Omicron strain.
The data show that the case fatality rate during the epidemic of the Omicron strain did decrease, but the total number of deaths or deaths caused by the epidemic during the same period was higher than that of the delta strain during the epidemic.
Wu Zunyou said that this shows that the prevalence of the Omicron strain has not reduced the overall harm to a country.
The harm of the Omicron strain is still serious, and the new crown pneumonia is not a "big flu".
"my country is a country with a large population. With a very small morbidity or mortality rate, multiplied by the population base of 1.4 billion, the absolute number will be very large. Only by dynamically clearing it can we eliminate the hidden dangers of the epidemic and avoid large-scale human infection. The possible run on medical resources can prevent a large number of possible deaths of the elderly or those with underlying diseases." Wu Zunyou said.
Wu Zunyou emphasized that in view of the current epidemic situation in China, striving to achieve dynamic clearing in a short period of time is still the most economical and effective new crown prevention and control strategy.
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