(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Wu Zunyou: The epidemic situation in China is facing "one peak and three waves" this winter
China News Agency, Beijing, December 17th (Reporter Liu Liang) Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, made a "one peak and three waves" on the epidemic situation in China this winter when he participated in the 20th "Finance" annual conference on the 17th. prediction.
Recently, Chinese officials released the "New Ten Measures" to optimize the prevention and control of the epidemic.
When talking about the timing of the release of the "New Ten Rules", Wu Zunyou pointed out that the reason why the "New Ten Rules" were released at this time is mainly to wait for the weakening of the pathogenicity of the new coronavirus and the reduction of the virus's threat to people's lives and health.
"We are waiting for enough time for the general public to be vaccinated with the new crown vaccine, which can form a certain degree of protection. After three years of struggle, we have also achieved a certain degree of coping ability." Wu Zunyou said that after three years of fighting the epidemic, The proportion of severe and critical cases of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in China has decreased year by year, from 16.47% in 2020 to the current 0.18%.
When talking about the situation of the epidemic situation this winter, he judged that the epidemic situation this winter can be summarized as "one peak and three waves".
From mid-December this year to mid-January next year will be the first wave of the epidemic. The first wave will be dominated by cities and will gradually rise.
The second wave is from late January to mid-February next year. The movement of people before the Spring Festival caused the second wave of epidemics to rise.
The third wave is from late February to mid-March next year, returning to work after the Spring Festival.
These three waves of the epidemic constitute the peak of the new crown epidemic this winter, which lasted for about three months.
In response to the severe situation of the epidemic this winter, he emphasized that the bottom line of "epidemic prevention and control" must be adhered to, and the vulnerable population should be protected.
At the same time, he suggested that the public should take a booster shot of the new crown vaccine as soon as possible while doing daily protection.
In the face of false information, we must do not create rumors, do not spread rumors, and do not believe rumors.
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