Wang Bisheng, commander of the command center, said that the local Wuhan pneumonia epidemic has entered a plateau, and now it is necessary to observe whether a downward trend is formed.

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[Reporter Lin Huiqin/Taipei Report] Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the local Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19) epidemic has entered a plateau, and now it is necessary to observe whether a downward trend is formed.

This year, the cumulative number of local cases has reached more than 6.23 million, with 27,313 moderate and severe cases, of which 10,030 have died, exceeding 10,000.

Wang Bisheng pointed out that after five consecutive weeks of increase in the local epidemic, the local epidemic has dropped by 3% in the latest week, but the magnitude is relatively small.

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In addition, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that the prevalence of Omicron BA.5 has declined slightly, but three other Omicron subtype variants, BF.7, BA.2.75 and BA.4.6, are spreading, and now account for Nearly 1 in 5 cases in the United States.

Among them, BF.7 is a branch of BA.5, accounting for 2.3% of the overall cases, a figure slightly higher than last week's 1.7%. The US CDC spokesperson also said that compared with BA.5, the spike protein of BF.7 has more Additional genetic changes may reduce the efficacy of the monoclonal antibody "Evusheld", but there is no indication that this variant will affect the effectiveness of the vaccine.

Wang Bisheng emphasized that the current proportion of related mutants is less than 10%, and it is necessary to observe whether threatening mutants come out.

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