At 15 o'clock today (February 4), the National Health Commission held a press conference to introduce the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases and health tips in China's winter.
Chen Cao, a researcher at the Institute of Viral Diseases of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the new crown epidemic in China is still at a low level, but the recent monitoring data such as case reports and sentinel hospital test positivity rates have increased slightly, indicating that the new crown epidemic is showing an upward trend. At present, there are local cases in ChinaThe 1 variant has become the dominant epidemic strain, and it is mainly mild. With the impact of factors such as the cross-regional flow of people and the increase in clusters around the Spring Festival, it is expected that the new crown epidemic will gradually rise.
Monitoring data shows that the situation of acute respiratory diseases in China has declined for two consecutive weeks after reaching a peak in early December 2023, rebounded slightly at the end of December, continued to fluctuate at a high level, and decreased in the past three weeks. Among them, influenza is showing a downward trend, but it is still the most important causative agent of respiratory disease infection, and other respiratory diseases are at a low level. Experts believe that in February, China will continue to show a variety of respiratory diseases alternately or jointly epidemic trend, among which, influenza is expected to drop to a low level around the Spring Festival.
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