On March 1, Shenzhen held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control. Liu Lei, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shenzhen Third People’s Hospital, said that among the new crown patients treated in the emergency hospital, there were elderly people in their 70s and 80s who had basically been vaccinated. , did not turn into severe or critically ill, which reflects the effective protection of the vaccine. “Before we fully understood the characteristics of the Omikron variant, a new variant that was more contagious and more dangerous than Omikron appeared, and this virus was named Omikron BA. 2 subtype variant strain, this Shenzhen epidemic is caused by the Omicron variant strain BA.2.” Liu Lei said that according to the epidemic data, the Omicron sub-variant BA.2 strain is better than the Omicron variant BA.2 strain. The infectivity of the original strain of Rong, BA.1, increased by another 30%. Omicron has seen a new peak of morbidity and mortality around the world.
Source: Shenzhen Special Economic Zone News