Authoritative release of the joint prevention and control mechanism | Existing vaccines still have a good effect on reducing severe illness and death
CCTV News: The Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a press conference today (November 29). Severe illness and death caused by Mikelon variant infection still had a good effect.
Chang Zhaorui, a researcher at the Communication and Defense Department of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: International and domestic monitoring data confirm that the Omicron mutant strain and its evolutionary branches BA.1, BA.2, and BA.5 series, including BF.7, BQ.1 Compared with the pathogenicity and virulence of the recombinant XBB, the original strain and the mutant strains such as Delta were obviously weakened. Foreign studies have shown that the proportion of severe illness and death caused by the Omicron mutant strain is significantly lower than that of the original strain and the concerned mutant strain. Treatment and other factors are related. my country’s new crown severe disease and its related deaths are at a relatively low level, which is related to our active prevention strategy and overall planning of high-quality treatment forces. Traditional Chinese medicine has also played a positive role, but people with underlying diseases, advanced age, and those who have not been vaccinated may still suffer from a certain proportion of severe illnesses if they are infected with the Omicron variant. However, the existing vaccines still have a good effect on reducing the severe disease and death caused by the infection of the omecroron variant strain.
Source: CCTV Author: Editor: Gao Mingzhen