Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, reminded that domestic epidemic prevention is relatively lax, and he appealed to the public to follow the epidemic prevention regulations before the policy has been changed.

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(File photo, provided by the command center)

[Reporters Wu Liangyi, Qiu Zhirou, Lu Yixuan/Taipei report] The local Wuhan pneumonia epidemic continues to be at a plateau. Yesterday, there were 33,377 local cases, 38 deaths, and 74 cases of moderate and severe cases.

The number of new cases in a single day increased by about 17% compared with the same period last week, and the number of local cases in the past week increased by about 6.5% compared with the previous week.

six%.

Wang Bisheng, commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center, reminded that domestic epidemic prevention is relatively lax, and he appealed to the public to follow the epidemic prevention regulations before the policy has been changed.

In the past week, BA.5 increased by 74 cases, accounting for 79%

The local epidemic continues to be at a plateau. According to monitoring, there have been 74 local cases of the BA.5 variant subtype in the past week, accounting for about 79 of the tested cases.

6%; the northern part is the most with 36 cases, followed by the southern part with 20 cases and the central part with 12 cases.

These were obtained by sampling tests in confirmed patients and doing virus sequencing tests.

The 74 BA.5 cases accounted for 80% of the overall testing, the same proportion as last week.

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The command center emphasized that according to the existing research, the probability of serious illness caused by BA.4 and BA.5 has not increased significantly, but the infectivity has increased, and strict monitoring is still required.

In order to strengthen the monitoring of local cases of BA.4, BA.5 and other mutant viruses, the command center has increased the proportion of local cases of mutant strain type testing and sequencing, and focused on the genetic identification of respiratory samples from severe and repeated infection cases such as pneumonia in children with encephalitis. sequence work.

Wang Bisheng reminded that the community is currently in a plateau period, and it is recommended that the public be vaccinated, wear masks, wash hands frequently, and cooperate with relevant epidemic prevention measures once diagnosed or when home isolation, home quarantine and self-epidemic prevention are required.

The global epidemic rebounds, and the risk increases in autumn and winter

Executive President Su Zhenchang held an expanded epidemic prevention meeting yesterday to discuss the development and assessment of the epidemic at home and abroad, the current situation after border opening, and the vaccination of adults and children.

Luo Bingcheng, spokesman for the Executive Yuan, stated that the command center said at the meeting that the overall global epidemic has risen by about 5%. Many European countries have recently rebounded, and the northern hemisphere has entered the autumn and winter seasons. The risk of international spread of respiratory diseases may gradually increase.

The BA.5 variant is still the mainstream strain in the world, and it is necessary to continuously monitor the evolution of the variant.

The command center explained that the World Health Organization (WHO) pointed out that the BA.5 variant accounted for about 81.

2%, the situation in my country is very close to that of other countries in the world; and the proportion of BA.4 mutants is about 8.2%.

1%, and the proportion of BA.2 variant strains (including BA.2.75) was stable at a low point.

Regarding the measures taken on September 29, such as raising the total number of entries to 60,000 people per week, canceling the PCR of saliva at the airport, fully restoring the visa-free treatment mechanism, three + four entry quarantine measures, and one person per room for the whole process, the command center explained yesterday that statistics The total number of inbound tourists per week is 46,640, the utilization rate of epidemic prevention accommodation is 40%, and the occupancy rate of one person per household and room is 60%. We will pay attention to the adjustment of epidemic prevention capacity at any time.

Trend chart of local COVID-19 cases from 21 to 39 weeks in 2022