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An abnormal increase in the number of people who have tested positive? Zhang Wenhong speaks out

2024-08-11

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Recently, many people on social media platforms have said that they are "positive" andFever, cough, sore throat, etc.Symptoms of respiratory infection. The World Health Organization also said that the abnormal increase in new crown infections in summer is worthy of attention.

In this regard, Professor Zhang Wenhong, director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases and director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, analyzed that from a global perspective, the fluctuations in new coronavirus infections have alternating in cycles of half a year, and have gradually become a periodic epidemic of respiratory diseases in my country.

Changing trend of COVID-19 and influenza virus positive rates in influenza-like cases in sentinel hospitals across the country. Image source: China CDC official website

The positive rate of COVID-19 has continued to rise recently

According to the national novel coronavirus infection epidemic situation in July 2024 released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the proportion of viral infections such as influenza in summer has decreased.The number of people infected with the new coronavirus is increasing.The proportion increased.

Data show that the positive rate of new coronavirus in influenza-like cases nationwide has increased, from 8.9% from July 1 to July 7 to 18.7% from July 22 to July 28. The main prevalent strains are all Omicron variants, and my country is mainly dominated by JN.1 series variants and XDV series variants.