Omicron BA.4 invades the community! The first local case of BA.4 appeared in China a few days ago. It was a male in his 30s in the north. The Central Epidemic Command Center announced the latest epidemic report yesterday. The man’s wife also sequenced BA.4, which is the second domestic case of BA. There is a BA.4 family gathering together, and the sequencing results of husband and wife and children have not yet been released.
As the BA.4 and BA.5 epidemics heat up, experts estimate that the number of cases in a single day may reach 30,000 by the end of the month, and will reach a peak of 50,000 cases in a single day in mid-September. In this regard, Zhuang Renxiang, a spokesman for the command center, said , Regarding the BA.5 epidemic, there are low estimates and high estimates. The average for regarding a week should be between 30,000 and 60,000 cases, and the peak period may be at the end of September and early October.
The first case of BA.4 in China announced by the command center on the 15th was a male in his 30s in the north. The man had mild throat discomfort on August 5, and he tested positive on the 9th by himself. The PCR test was used to confirm the diagnosis on the same day, and the Ct value was only 16. , There are 3 people in the same family, all of them were positive in the quick screening on the same day, it is presumed to be the same family group.
Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the command center, said yesterday that the gene sequence of the man’s family was released, and his wife had a positive PCR test on August 11. After the sample was sent to the Kunyang laboratory, the sequence was BA.4 the day before yesterday, which is a BA. .4 Family gatherings. As for the couple’s two children, they were confirmed by quick screening on August 11, and the Health Bureau arranged for PCR testing on the 16th. The PCR result was still positive the day before yesterday, but only one person had a Ct value of less than 30. The sequencing was being arranged, and it was judged to be BA.4 The probability is quite high, and the other one cannot be sequenced.
There were 23,088 new domestic and 337 imported cases in China yesterday, and another 34 deaths. Zhuang Renxiang said that compared with last Thursday, the number of new confirmed cases increased by 438, or 1.9%. Among the 34 deaths, a woman in her 40s who had a history of cancer metastasis, had received 3 doses of the vaccine, and died in the hospital 2 weeks following the onset of symptoms. There were 111 new cases of moderate and severe cases, including 2 new cases of MIS-C in children with severe cases, namely a 1-year-old boy and a 1-year-old girl. At present, there are a total of 102 cases of MIS-C in China.
