According to Taiwan's "** Agency", Luo Yijun, a spokesman for the disease control department of the Taiwan authorities, said on February 20 that it is estimated that the respiratory epidemic will peak again at the end of February and early March, and it may be more severe than before the Spring Festival, and the number of influenza visits in a single week is estimated to reach 110,000 to 130,000, and the new crown is estimated to be 1 per day20,000 visits.
Li Jialin, deputy director of the Epidemic Center of the Taiwan Disease Control Department, said at a press conference on the epidemic that the number of outpatient and emergency influenza-like visits from February 11 to 17 was 103,250, which was affected by the closure of some outpatient clinics during the Spring Festival holiday and decreased from the previous week, but the epidemic is still at a plateau.
In the part of the new crown epidemic, Li Jialin said that from February 13 to 19, there were 711 new local confirmed cases (complications) of the new crown, an increase of 435 cases from the previous week and a new weekly high since August last year. In addition, there were 63 new deaths last week, a slight decrease from the previous week's increase of 68 cases.
Luo Yijun explained that the number of new crown complications has risen from 435 to 711, presumably because the new crown complications are required to be reported within 72 hours, and there may be medical institutions that only reported the previous week's cases on February 12 and 13. If we look at the average of 573 cases in a single week, it is about a slight increase from before the Chinese New Year, and it is still at the high point of the epidemic in the near future.
Luo Yijun pointed out that the epidemic during the Spring Festival was less than originally estimated, but with the start of school, Lantern Festival and other activities, it is estimated that the second wave of respiratory epidemic peaks will be faced at the end of February and early March, and may exceed the peak of the previous year. It is estimated that the number of visits for mild symptoms of the new crown in a single day will be about 120,000, slightly higher than the highest of more than 9,000 visits per day before the New Year, and the influenza-like part is estimated to be 110,000 to 130,000 visits per week.
A number of surveillance systems of Taiwan's disease control department have shown that a variety of respiratory pathogens such as influenza virus, new crown and adenovirus have continued to be active in the community recently, among which influenza virus is mainly type A H3N2.
As of the 19th, more than 6.5 million doses of influenza vaccine have been administered at public expense on the island, of which 2.23 million people over 65 years old have been vaccinated, with a vaccination rate of 533 per cent, which is not yet the target of 55 per cent.
Taiwan's disease control department said that since the launch of the new crown XBB vaccine on September 26 last year, 97% and 98% of the confirmed complications and deaths reported locally have not been vaccinated against the new crown XBB vaccine. At present, a total of 175 XBB vaccines have been administered80,000 people, including 154 Moderna XBB vaccines80,000 people, and a total of 210,000 people with NOV**AX XBB vaccine. The vaccination rate in Taiwan has reached 741%, and the vaccination rate of the elderly over 65 years old reached 167%。(Huaxia Graticule).