From September 26, free household quick screening for aboriginal people aged 55-64

[Reporters Lin Huiqin and Lu Yixuan/Taipei Report] Local Omicron BA.5 has detected 128 new cases in the last week, accounting for 80 of the local cases.

5%, and the first sequenced case of BA.5 childhood encephalitis occurred in a two-year-old boy who was fortunately treated and discharged.

Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that after the BA.5 outbreak, there were four cases of encephalitis in children and none of them had been vaccinated. Parents are reminded to take their children to be vaccinated as soon as possible to reduce the risk.

2-year-old boy with high fever of 40.6 degrees has been discharged after treatment

Luo Yijun explained that a total of 159 new local cases have been sequenced, of which 128 were detected with BA.5, ranging from under five to ninety years old, with children accounting for 23 cases.

The distribution of cases is 70 in the northern part, 32 in the central part, 20 in the southern part, and 6 in the eastern part. The cases were confirmed from August 28 to September 16; the remaining 31 cases were all BA.2.

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Luo Yijun also announced the first confirmed case of BA.5 encephalitis in children. The two-year-old boy developed fever and diarrhea on August 27, and a high fever of 40 the next day.

Sixth degree, persistent generalized convulsions, cerebral edema on examination, suspected encephalitis, and was admitted to the hospital. He was treated with remdesivir, steroids, and immune globulin in the intensive care unit. The subsequent condition improved, and he was discharged from the hospital on September 14.

Luo Yijun pointed out that the local BA.5 epidemic started in mid-August, during which there were four cases of encephalitis in children, of which two died.

The four cases included two- and nine-year-old girls, a one-year-old boy, and a two-year-old boy who was confirmed to be infected with BA.5. None of the four were vaccinated. Parents are urged to bring their children vaccinated as soon as possible to reduce the risk of infection complications.

Luo Yijun also mentioned that BA.5 is currently the mainstream virus strain in the country, and it is expected that the trend will rise again, and the original popular BA.2 will become less and less.

A total of 558 cases of BA.5 and four cases of BA.4 have been detected in the local area, and there is no case of BA.2.75.

As for the three new cases of BA.4 imported from abroad, they came from Vietnam, the United States and Australia respectively; 112 cases of BA.5, 33 cases in Vietnam, 11 cases in the United States, 9 cases in Thailand, 7 cases in Indonesia, and 6 cases in Malaysia are the bulk ; Eleven cases of BA.2.75 came from four cases in India, two cases each in Thailand and Singapore, and one case each in Myanmar, Indonesia and Canada.

So far, a total of 915 cases of BA.5, 91 cases of BA.4, and 27 cases of BA.2.75 have been detected.

The global epidemic has slowed down, and the risks in autumn and winter have risen again

The command center stated in the expanded epidemic prevention meeting that the global epidemic has slowed down, with an overall reduction of about 10%. However, as the northern hemisphere enters the autumn and winter seasons, the risk of international spread of respiratory diseases may gradually increase, and the BA.5 variant strain is the mainstream strain in the world, accounting for About seventy-six.

six%.

In addition, the positive rate of entry inspections remained unchanged last week, and the overall positive rate of inspections was three.

43%; the total number of arrivals last week was 39,318.

From October 1st, the sixth round of the real-name system for household quick screening

From October 1st, the elderly over 65 years old and children aged 0-6 will be provided free home quick screening again

Moderna's next-generation bivalent vaccine was launched, and a crowd of people vaccinated in the Zhongxing Branch of Taipei City United Hospital.

(Data photo, provided by Beishi United Medical)