There are rumors on the Internet that people infected with the epidemic in Beijing, China have a "big white lung". It is suspected that it is not the Omicron, which is mostly mild, but the original virus or other "hidden version of the big devil". Is it true?

The Taiwan Fact Checking Center asked Taiwan and Hong Kong experts to verify this.

(Flip Check Center)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Since December 2022, China has gradually relaxed the epidemic prevention and control of Wuhan pneumonia (new coronavirus disease, COVID-19). Countries have responded to China with anti-epidemic policies. There are Internet rumors that Beijing, China is infected with the epidemic It is suspected that it is not the Omicron, which is mostly mild, but the original virus or other "hidden version of the big devil". Is it true?

The Taiwan Fact Checking Center asked Taiwan and Hong Kong experts to verify this.

Rumors began to circulate on December 27, 2022, saying that "a large number of mutant viruses have appeared in China, and a large number of white lung deaths have been reported in various parts of Beijing. That is, the large number of infections in China may not only be the omicron family with mild symptoms, but also the hidden version of the big devil who is attacking the city together... There are more than 130 kinds of mutated viruses in China that are practicing (refining) Gu. The future will be No one knows what was raised (omitted later)".

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The inspection center consulted Shi Xinru, director of the Emerging Viral Infection Research Center of Chang Gung University, Qiu Nanchang, chairman of the Taiwan Pediatric Infectious Diseases Medical Association, and Jin Dongyan, a professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Hong Kong.

Experts pointed out that according to Taiwan's current overseas import monitoring, most of the Omicron mutant strains have been imported from outside China. There is currently no evidence that stronger and deadlier mutant viruses have emerged in China.

China's information is relatively opaque, and Taiwan's genetic sequencing tests for foreign imports can help monitor the status of mutant strains in China.

In this regard, Hong Kong experts pointed out that there is currently no evidence that the Delta virus strain is still circulating in China, and there is no evidence that white lung symptoms are related to Delta.

In response to the rumored "white lung" part, experts reminded that although Omicron mainly causes upper respiratory tract symptoms, it may still cause pneumonia. Therefore, the occurrence of white lung cannot be inferred as a non-Omicron case.

Hong Kong experts pointed out that many rumors about white lung disease and myocarditis in China are unclear, self-contradictory and unreasonable.

According to Chinese officials, the main virus strains currently prevalent in China include BF.7, BA.5.2, and BQ.1 and XBB that recently appeared in Europe and the United States. No new mutant strains have been found yet.

Based on the above information, there is currently no sufficient scientific evidence to show that the "big white lung" symptoms of Chinese patients are caused by other variants of the Wuhan pneumonia virus. The rumors are conjectures with insufficient evidence, and this rumor is judged as "insufficient evidence" information.

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