The command center also announced today that the positive rate of those who entered the country from China on the 4th of this month was about 21.5%. (Provided by Command Center)
[Reporter Wu Liangyi/Taipei Report]The Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic has broken out in my country. From New Year’s Eve this year, all Chinese immigrants will be tested for saliva PCR and virus sequencing. Preliminary results were announced today. , 3 subtypes of Omicron mutant strains were detected, with BA.5.2 and BF.7 being the main ones, and a small fraction of BA.5.1.
As China announced last month that it would no longer announce the results of its epidemic monitoring, many countries were nervous and worried about the emergence of new mutant strains. They announced control measures including entry bans, mandatory PCR screening or negative certificates before boarding; in addition to the entry of foreigners, passengers from various countries entering China, including Chinese citizens, must undergo PCR and sequence the virus to monitor if there are new mutant strains.
Zhuang Renxiang, spokesman for the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that among the confirmed cases, virus sequencing will be performed on those with a higher viral load. Initially, more than 10 cases meeting the conditions and 3 mutant viruses have been sequenced. have been BA.5.2, BF .7 is the most important, and there is also a small part of BA.5.1. These three are common viral strains in the past. “I have yet to see an unknown emerging mutant strain.” A more detailed breakdown of each mutant strain will be announced next week.
The command center also announced today that the positive rate of travelers from China on the 4th of this month was about 21.5%. Zhuang Renxiang said the positive rate of travelers from China over the past four days was between 17.9% and 25%. region of China where the tourists come from is related to the local infection status, which also confirms that there has indeed been a wave of epidemics in China since December last year.
Zhuang Renxiang said that due to the small number of cases at present, it will be more comprehensive after accumulating a little more cases, and the distribution will be clearer. The comprehensive monitoring situation is expected to be further explained next Monday.
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