1. The number of cases in Hong Kong is below 10,000 for two consecutive days
Au Jiarong, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division, Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health, Hong Kong SAR Government said that there were 3,555 new cases confirmed by nucleic acid testing in Hong Kong on the 27th, of which 2 were imported cases and another 4,482 A total of 8,037 cases were reported with positive rapid test results.
305 children under the age of 6 infected with the new crown quarantine.
From March 1 to 26, the city has admitted and treated 53 confirmed cases aged 6 and below, accounting for 6.4% of all confirmed cases; 252 asymptomatic infections, accounting for all 2.6% of those infected with symptoms were admitted to public health centers.
They have received proper care, and each child has its own diagnosis and treatment plan. Physicians with senior professional titles will conduct ward rounds every day to understand and judge their conditions. The hospital and parents maintain online communication and consultation. connect. The Pediatric Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University has dispatched an experienced medical and nursing team to the public health center to support the diagnosis and treatment of the pediatric ward, especially the care of infants and young children.
2. Spain treats coronavirus as normal flu
Spain, a popular holiday destination for Germans, will treat the coronavirus infection entirely as a normal flu-like illness. Anyone infected with Covid-19 with no or only mild symptoms of illness can continue to live a normal life. No more mandatory testing and home isolation. Previously, the Covid-19 requirement only applied to people at risk, including those over 60 and those with immunocompromised conditions, as well as pregnant women and healthcare workers.
The relaxation measures take effect today.
3. Musk’s second stroke
Tesla boss Elon Musk is likely to have the coronavirus again, according to him. He tweeted Monday that “I may have been hit again.” But he has few symptoms. He’s been particularly hot lately because last Tuesday Tesla’s German Gigafactory left the first batch of Tesla electric cars.
He previously announced that he may have been infected in November 2020, and at the time also talked about having cold symptoms. In the early days of the pandemic, Musk downplayed the dangers posed by the virus and described the California curfew affecting Tesla’s main factory operations as “fascist.”
4. 127 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Taiwan
The Taiwan Epidemic Command Center announced on the 28th that there were 127 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, and no new deaths were confirmed in the confirmed cases. The current epidemic prevention measures such as masks will be maintained from April 1 to April 30.
The command center said that the 34 new local cases that day were 15 males and 19 females, ranging in age from under 5 to over 60 years old.
5. South Korean health officials: This round of Omicron epidemic may have peaked
South Korea reported an average of about 350,000 new cases a day last week, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA) said Monday. KDCA Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyeong said it was the first time in 11 weeks that the weekly average dropped.
Jeong Eun-kyeong, citing expert research reports, said the current outbreak may have peaked and a downward trend is expected. But new cases in South Korea are likely to decline slowly, she added, as social distancing rules are eased, face-to-face classes in schools are expanded, and because of a mutant strain of the Omicron subtype known as recessive transmission, BA.2 lead to an increase in infection rates.
The number of COVID-19 patients and deaths in severe or critical conditions is also expected to continue to rise, Jeong Eun-kyeong said. Those numbers tend to lag the evolution of case numbers by about two weeks, experts say.
South Korea’s Health Minister Kwon Deok-chul said that the current round of Omicron’s epidemic has reached its peak, although more thorough analysis is needed to confirm whether the epidemic has turned into a downward trend.
6. The Omicron BA.2 subtype spread, and the number of cases in the UK increased after a small increase
Omicron BA.2 subtype spreads in the UK with a surge of new cases On March 27, in London, England, people wore masks to travel. The mutated new coronavirus Omicron strain subtype BA.2 is currently spreading in the UK. According to data released by the British government on the 25th, the number of newly confirmed cases nationwide increased by nearly 30% in a single week. However, cases have declined.
