The number of infections has increased, with nearly 20,000 new cases in Guangdong. Why is the new coronavirus making a comeback during the dog days of summer?
2024-08-13
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Introduction
"Since the beginning of July, the number of patients with COVID-19 in our hospital's fever clinic has gradually increased. Currently, about 20% of fever patients are COVID-19 positive. Among them, about 10% of the infected patients need hospitalization, and most of them are elderly patients with underlying diseases."nationInfectLu Hongzhou, director of the Clinical Medicine Research Center for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and president of Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, said recently.The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention survey showed that the local cases in this round of new crown infection are still the Omicron variant.The main ones are JN.1 series variants and XDV series variants."Compared with Omicron, the two variants are not much different in terms of infectivity and pathogenicity.AntibodyThe ability to escape is stronger and it is easier to get infected," said Li Dongzeng, chief physician of the Department of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases at Beijing You'an Hospital.Some experts also said that this is a normal "peak", which occurs about once every six months and is related to the increase in summer gatherings. For the current COVID-19 situation, please see this article for analysis.
"I thought it was due to excessive use of air conditioning or a sore throat, but I didn't expect it to be another COVID-19 infection";"bigDog DaysIt turned out to be yang again";"Except for not having continuous high fever, I experienced symptoms such as sore throat, nasal congestion, and cough again."Many people on social media platformsSaying that you are "yang"Symptoms such as fever, cough, and body achesSome netizens said they were "positive again"It is summer now, and the World Health Organization recently reminded the international community to pay attention to the abnormal increase in new coronavirus infections.According to a report on August 10, 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 this.From a global perspective, the fluctuations of COVID-19 infections have shown a cycle of half a year and have gradually become a periodic epidemic respiratory disease in my country.A new wave of coronavirus infectionsIt is attracting attention worldwideWhat is the situation of the new coronavirus infection in our country?Has the number of infections in Guangdong increased?Should we continue to get the COVID-19 vaccine?my country's COVID-19 positive rate has increasedThe pathogenicity of the strain has not changed significantly compared with the previousHow people feel about the increase in COVID-19 positive cases around themThis is consistent with epidemiological data.According to the national novel coronavirus infection epidemic situation in July 2024 released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on August 8, the proportion of viral infections such as influenza in summer has decreased.The number of people infected with the new coronavirus has increased, and the proportion has increased.Data show that the positive rate of new coronavirus in influenza-like cases has increased nationwide.It continued to rise 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 in my country, the main ones are JN.1 series variants and XDV series variants.The monitoring platform of the National Center for Infectious Diseases monitored the mutation and fluctuation of the new coronavirus Omicron strain and showed that since the gradual detection of the new coronavirus XDV.1 and KP.2 variants since early June, the proportion of XDV.1 has gradually increased to 40%-50%, but these variants have not caused an increase in severe cases.Data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention showed that there were 203 new severe cases in this round of the epidemic in July.There has been no significant increase in the number of severe cases compared to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in February and March this year.Li Dongzeng, director of the Department of Respiratory and Infectious Diseases at Beijing You'an Hospital, said that JN.1 and its subclades, as well as XDV and its subclades,The infectivity and pathogenicity of these two viruses have not changed significantly compared with before.，The clinical manifestations of the patients remained consistent.The number of new coronavirus infections in Guangdong increased in JulySimilar to national trendsGuangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and PreventionThe provincial statutory infectious disease epidemic situation overview showsThe number of cases of novel coronavirus infection in June was 8,246In July, the number of cases of novel coronavirus infection was 18,384.Guangdong Provincial Department of Disease Control and Prevention announced the number of new coronavirus infections in Guangdong in July this yearIn this regard, Peng Jie, director of the Difficult Infection Diagnosis and Treatment Center of Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University, reminded that the new coronavirus infection has gradually become a periodic respiratory disease, and a round of epidemic peaks may occur every four or five months, butThe public does not need to panic; taking appropriate precautions can reduce the probability of infection.However, as the sentinel hospital for monitoring influenza-like cases among children in the province, Yin Genquan, chief pediatrician at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, said,Currently, no signs of an increase in COVID-19 infections among children have been found in the outpatient clinic.Professor Han Zitian, co-director of the Laboratory for Prediction and Warning of Large-Scale Respiratory Disease Epidemics and Medical Big Data Artificial Intelligence Applications, believes:"From observation, this is a normal peak of COVID-19 infection. There is no big change. There is no need to worry."Should we continue to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
The international community should pay attention to the abnormal increase in COVID-19 infections in summerCOVID-19 vaccination recommended for most at-risk groupsIs it necessary for the general public to continue to receive the new coronavirus vaccine?Lu Hongzhou, director of the National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases and president of Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, believes thatYou should pay attention to vaccination recommendations issued by authoritative authorities and make decisions based on your own health status, exposure risks and the local epidemic situation."Currently, the new coronavirus is still mutating. Although the epidemic situation is relatively stable, there is still a risk of local spread and small-scale epidemics. Vaccination with the new coronavirus vaccine can effectively reduce the risk of severe illness and death after infection and enhance immunity to the virus." Lu Hongzhou said.Note: Source of the article,Guangzhou Daily, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Guangdong Provincial Disease Prevention and Control Bureau, Nanfang+,China News Network, Yangcheng Evening News, etc.
