China CDC: Prevention of these diseases must be focused on during the Labour Day holidays
How do you spend the May Day holiday happily and at ease? The China CDC has given key tips on diseases that need to be prevented during the Labour Day holidays this year.
The first is covid. Recently, overseas epidemics are in a high-level epidemic period. Some countries and regions have eased relevant prevention and control measures, and the epidemic has rebounded sharply. At present, the domestic vaccination rate is still not enough to form an immune barrier. Therefore, during the Labour Day holidays, it is necessary to avoid going to epidemic and medium-high risk areas, especially to avoid unnecessary cross-border travel.
We must continue to do a good job of self-protection, adhere to the "three-piece epidemic prevention": Insist on wearing masks, safe distancing and personal hygiene; keep in mind the "five essentials for protection": wearing masks, keep social distance, and covering during coughs and sneezes. Wash your hands frequently and keep the windows as open as possible. During travel, try to avoid crowds, confined spaces and poorly ventilated places. Those who have already received the first dose of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine should not affect the second dose due to travel.
The second is norovirus enteritis. Although norovirus enteritis epidemics mainly occur in nurseries or schools, there are also frequent epidemics in tour groups, cruise ships and holiday centers. For example, in recent years, China has reported several outbreaks in domestic and foreign tour groups. To prevent this, always wash your hands. Do not eat uncooked and cooked food and unpasteurized milk. Do not drink raw water. Do not eat unclean fruits and vegetables. Do not touch patients, patient vomit, excreta and contaminated materials.
The third is hand, foot and mouth disease. This is a common infectious disease in children, and the population is mainly children aged 5 years and under. China during this time falls in the season of high incidence of hand, foot and mouth disease from April to June every year. The main preventive measure is to pay attention to personal hygiene, especially hand hygiene. Do not share items with others. Do not touch patients and their contaminated items. Do not swim or play in undisinfected swimming pools. During the epidemic of hand, foot and mouth disease, try to avoid taking children to participate in group activities.
The fourth is tick-borne diseases. May to July is the active period of ticks. People who live and produce in hills, mountains, forests and other areas, as well as travellers in the wild, are at risk of infection with fever and thrombocytopenia syndrome after being bitten by a tick. People who have direct contact with the blood or body fluids of the patient are also at risk of infection. Therefore, personal protection should be done during outdoor activities. Long-sleeved clothes should be worn, trouser legs should be tightened, and mosquito repellent should be applied to bare skin. Avoid sitting or lying in grass, woods and other environments for a long time to prevent tick bites.
The fifth is animal-borne diseases. Avoid entering wild birds and other animal habitats, and do not touch or eat wild animals. Try to avoid direct contact with any animals, especially animals of unknown origin; do not eat uncooked and cooked animal products; choose fresh and safe animal food raw materials, and separate raw and cooked raw materials during processing.
The sixth is food poisoning. May-October is the month with a high incidence of food poisoning in China. During holidays, the chances of gathering and dining out increase, and the risk of food poisoning also increases. Food poisoning caused by microorganisms is the most common in our country, and other poisonings such as wild fungi and wild plants also occur from time to time. Be sure to choose a formal restaurant or restaurant with good sanitary conditions. Do not eat food of unknown origin. Do not collect, do not eat unidentified wild mushrooms and wild plants.
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Variant virus from India hits China at sensitive moment, more than 100,000 people flock to Tiananmen Square
The May Day holidays in China kicked off. According to mainland Chinese media, in the morning of 1 May 2021, at least 100,000 people poured in near Tiananmen Square in Beijing alone. However, it is now at a sensitive moment when the variant strains of India spread to China. Whether these Labour Day holidays will detonate the epidemic in China again, raises concerns.
According to Chinese media, the adults and children trapped in the city during the May 1st holiday "flee" to enjoy a few days of free time.
According to the latest forecast of the Ministry of Transport of the Mainland, the total passenger flow in China will reach 265 million. Based on China's 1.4 billion population, it means that one out of 17 people will travel on May Day. In 2019, this data was 160 million, a year-on-year increase of 65.625%.
The Chinese Communist Party Railway Nanchang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. disclosed that on 30 April, 1.041 million passengers were sent, and Jiangxi and Fujian provinces sent 542,000 and 499,000 passengers respectively, an increase of 18% and 3.93% respectively compared with the same period in 2019. On 1 May, 1.441 million passengers were sent, an increase of 19.9% over the same period in 2019.
In Beijing, it was still dark on the morning of 1 May, and a large number of tourists visited Tiananmen Square. A large number of security personnel were present to divert and conduct security checks. When a tour guide was interviewed, it was estimated that at least 100,000 people poured into Tiananmen Square, more than in previous years, describing it as an "outbreak" after the outbreak.
Some tourists pointed out that Tiananmen Square was very crowded this morning and regretted traveling today. They also advised other people to visit Tiananmen in Beijing in the future. It is best not to choose the "May Day" to avoid affecting their travel interest.
The person in charge of a restaurant in a tourist area expects that the flow of people and consumption will be very strong, and the business volume is three times more than usual. More staff have been arranged to cope with the flow of people during the "May 1st" holiday.
According to Chinese media, the total box office of China's "May 1st" period movies, together with the number of pre-sales, also exceeded 200 million RMB.
The relevant data worries the outside world that the epidemic in China may break out again. On 29 April, Wu Zunyou, the chief epidemiologist of the China CDC, warned at a press conference of the State Council of the Communist Party of China that the Indian variant strain was detected in some Chinese cities.
Wu Zunyou said that, in fact, virus mutations have been occurring since the epidemic spread. As long as the epidemic does not stop, the virus is mutating. Therefore, the implementation of epidemic prevention measures is the most critical, which can stop the epidemic of mutant strains and prevent new mutations from spreading.
He also warned that the "May 1st" holiday is approaching, and the epidemic prevention work may face new difficulties. At this time, "the implementation of prevention and control measures is the most critical." However, he did not disclose which cities in China had the Indian mutant strains.
On the same day, the CCP officially announced that 20 new cases of covid were newly confirmed in various parts of China on 28 April. Among them, the Zhejiang Health Commission announced that 10 cases came from the Hong Kong cargo ship "Huayang Chaoyang", which had been anchored in India. On the same day, the Chinese Communist Party in Chongqing announced that one case had a history of working in India, but it did not specify the type of virus variant that the person had contracted.
On 27 April, Yang Zhanqiu, a professor at the Institute of Virology of Wuhan University Medical School, warned that if the epidemic in India continues, the possibility of spreading to China exists, but he denied that “an outbreak similar to India” will occur in China.
At present, the epidemic situation in India is rapidly deteriorating. As of 29 April, India had a total of 18.38 million confirmed covid cases and a total of 204,832 deaths. On the same day, nearly 380,000 infections were added, continuously setting a global record.
Indian disease control experts estimate that the country’s epidemic peak may be in early May.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the Indian variant virus "B.1.617", one of the causes of the out-of-control epidemic in India, has been found in at least 17 countries. This variant virus is more dangerous than the original virus, which means it is easier to spread, more deadly, or has the ability to evade vaccines.
The CCP virus broke out in Wuhan in December 2019. Before mid-January 2020, the CCP lied three times that the epidemic is preventable and controllable and will not spread from person to person. As a result, the epidemic went out of control and spread rapidly all over the world. So far, more than 140 million people have been infected and more than 3.1 million people have died worldwide.
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Sporadic Indian variant virus cases in Chongqing and Zhejiang
Currently, there are only sporadic reports about the Indian variant virus in CCP China. On 28 April, Chongqing officials announced that there was a case in Chongqing who had a history of working in India, but did not specify the type of virus variant that the person had contracted. According to the official notification from the Chongqing Health Commission, Chongqing has a total of 4 imported confirmed cases related to India since 22 April, of which 3 cases were all on the same plane and were passengers of flight H9787 on 21 April.
On 29 April, the Zhejiang Health Commission announced that 10 cases were from the Hong Kong cargo ship "Huayang Chaoyang", which had been anchored in India.
According to official sources from the Chinese Communist Party, Shanghai, Guangdong, Shanxi, Jiangsu, Fujian, and Hainan had cases of inbound covid on 29 April; Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shanxi, Hubei, Guangdong, and Sichuan on 28 April; Guangdong, Sichuan, and Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Yunnan, Shaanxi on 27 April.
Official information also shows that since April, China has accumulated newly inbound confirmed cases, and the average daily increase has increased by more than 20% compared with March.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the Indian variant virus "B.1.617", one of the causes of the out-of-control epidemic in India, has been found in at least 17 countries. According to a report by India’s Asia International News Agency (ANI), in an interview, Chandra, a consultant doctor at Helvetia Medical Center in Delhi, also revealed the characteristics of a mutated virus: The new mutated virus may not be detected by PCR (viral nucleic acid testing).
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Stem cell treatment of severe covid research shows significant results
Recently, a study by Wang Fusheng’s team, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, director of the Infectious Disease Diagnosis, Treatment and Research Center of the Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, and director of the National Infectious Diseases Clinical Medicine Research Center, was published in Springer-Nature’s "Signal Transduction And Targeted Therapy" . The study reported the results of a phase II clinical trial of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSC) for the treatment of patients with severe covid. The results show that stem cell therapy can significantly improve lung damage in patients with severe covid.
Studies believe that UC-MSC accelerates the regression of solid lung lesions in severely ill covid patients, improves the comprehensive lung reserve capacity, and confirms good tolerability and safety. Stem cell therapy can provide patients with covid lung injury a safe and potentially effective treatment option.
The paper titled "The Impact of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Lung Injury in Severe COVID-19 Patients: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Clinical Trial" stated that this study is the first double-blind, randomized controlled phase II clinical trial of patients with severe covid. The paper also introduced that the final sample size of this clinical trial is 100, which is the largest sample size project in the published clinical trials of stem cell treatment for covid.
Regarding the performance of UC-MSC after administration to patients in the treatment group, the author mentioned in the paper, "The data found that the administration of UC-MSC is safe and well tolerated, and it is shown in covid patients with total lung injury. Compared with placebo, UC-MSC drugs significantly improved the regression of solid component lesions in the lungs."
It is understood that this phase II clinical trial is based on the results of a parallel controlled, non-randomized, phase I clinical study published by Wang Fusheng’s team in the same journal in August 2020. Previous studies have preliminarily confirmed that intravenous infusion of UC-MSC has good safety and tolerability in patients with moderate and severe new coronary pneumonia.
In addition, the phase I trial has proved that some patients with severe covid and acute respiratory distress syndrome who have undergone UC-MSC treatment have shown potential benefits for some clinical indicators. Therefore, the author believes that the impact of mesenchymal stem cells on severe covid and acute respiratory distress syndrome is "worthy of further exploration."
The paper shows that the phase II clinical trial included severe patients with new coronary pneumonia who were treated in two hospitals in Wuhan from March 5, 2020 to March 28, 2020. Most of the severely ill patients hospitalized were in the recovery period. In an advanced stage. Compared with the Phase I study, the patients recruited in this study are all severely ill patients with a longer course of disease and older age, especially all patients have severe lung damage and need oxygen support during the course of the disease.
It is worth mentioning that mesenchymal stem cells have recently been conditionally approved by the US FDA for the "expanded use of sympathy medication" for patients with new coronary pneumonia. The author believes that phase III clinical trials are now needed to further evaluate the impact on reducing mortality and preventing long-term lung damage, and explore the potential mechanism of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of new coronary pneumonia.
This study was approved by the clinical trial ethics committee of the Fifth Medical Center of the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital, the medical ethics committee of Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, and the medical ethics committee of Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital. The umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells used in this experiment were all provided by Zhongyuan Concord Cell Genetic Engineering Co., Ltd.
Wang Fusheng, Professor Xie Weifen of Changzheng Hospital of Naval Military Medical University, and Professor Yao Chen of Peking University Clinical Research Institute are the co-corresponding authors of this article. Shi Lei, associate professor of the Fifth Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, Huang Hai, associate professor of Changzheng Hospital of Naval Military Medical University, Lu Xuechun, professor of Second Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, and Yan Xiaoyan, senior statistician of Peking University Clinical Research Institute, are the co-first authors of this article.
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India converts industrial oxygen to medical use, and many Japanese companies suspend production
The epidemic in India has deteriorated rapidly and oxygen supply is insufficient. Many Japanese companies, including automobile giants, have announced that they will suspend production in some factories in India.
India’s second wave of the epidemic broke out. The country has recorded single-day confirmed cases for several consecutive days, hitting global highs, and the number of infections on Friday has increased to 380,000. The severe epidemic has made India's medical system unable to cope with severe shortages of oxygen and hospital beds, and medical care is in a state of crisis.
At present, India's demand for medical oxygen is soaring, and medical oxygen is seriously insufficient. Therefore, the oxygen provided to industry is transferred to medical treatment.
According to the Asahi Shimbun, the three factories of Suzuki Motor Co., a giant in the domestic car market in India, ceased production from May 1 to 9. As the Indian government has issued instructions to convert industrial oxygen into medical use, Suzuki is worried about the use of oxygen. The supply of welded parts manufacturers is affected. Multi Suzuki, a subsidiary of Suzuki, said, "Under the current circumstances, all oxygen should be used to save lives."
Honda also decided to stop production at all four motorcycle factories in India from the 1st to the 15th. Toyota Motor announced that it will stop production from April 26 to May 14. These car manufacturers all advance the regular maintenance of the factory to the time when the production is stopped.
However, Suzuki Motor stated that the three factories were originally scheduled to suspend operations in June for the maintenance and maintenance of production equipment, and now the maintenance and maintenance in June are carried out during the suspension of production in May, so there will be no reduction in production.
In addition, Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd. will suspend production of refrigerators and air conditioners from 27 April to 3 May on the grounds of employee safety.
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Modi thanked the U.S. for assistance for the first time, mainland Chinese media complained about not mentioning Beijing
Reporter : Zhang Yujie / Editor : Sun Yun /
When the epidemic in India is out of control, many countries around the world provide support. The first batch of critical relief medical supplies from the United States arrived in India on April 30. After the call between the leaders of the United States and India, the Indian Prime Minister thanked the United States for the first time. While the CCP made a high-profile report on the Indian pandemic and blamed the United States, it jumped again after the Indian Prime Minister thanked the United States.
Indian Prime Minister thanks the U.S. for being indifferent to the CCP
After the call between the heads of the United States and India, Indian Prime Minister Modi tweeted on April 26 that he thanked the United States for its assistance.
Subsequently, the mainland media issued an article saying that "In the face of the 'long overdue' aid from the United States, Modi immediately posted a message on social media saying 'Thanks for the aid provided by the United States'." "As of now, Modi has not been there. Public or social media have specific responses to China's assistance, let alone thank you." and use words such as "passing" to describe the US's assistance to India.
Previously, the Chinese Communist Party’s official media claimed that the United States was “selfish” in dealing with the Indian epidemic, and “stuck the neck” on vaccine materials.
In the past, India joined the "BRIC countries" (China, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa), and now these five countries are also the most severely affected by China's (epidemic) disaster. The CCP once provoked a border conflict between China and India in May 2020. After the outbreak of the epidemic again, many messages from Indians on social media showed that Indians did not believe in the CCP.
The Chinese Communist Party instigates the divorce of U.S.-India relations
Dr. Yang Jianli, the founder of Citizens Force, told the Voice of America’s "Everybody Talks on Current Affairs" program that the attitude of the Chinese Communist Party media is that the Chinese government and media are instigating and using a lot of false information. In fact, the U.S. promise is very clear-to provide equipment to make oxygen as well as other emergency equipment needed for epidemic prevention, as well as the raw materials needed for vaccines and the vaccine itself. Experts will be dispatched, and the National Defense Production Act will be used to help India tide over the difficulties from a strategic point of view.
In response to the Chinese Communist Party’s claim that the United States sent AZ vaccines it did not want to India, Dr. Yang Jianli said that AZ vaccines are not the United States not wanting but a strategic reserve of the United States.
Regarding the Chinese Communist Party’s approach to the Indian epidemic, Dr. Yang Jianli said, “The Chinese government said that it’s sincere to extend a helping hand. In fact, this helping hand is insincere. The report said between the lines, “What do you want to tell me?”, condescending. Let India beg for it, and gloat for misfortune."
It is reported that the CCP claimed to "assist India" while its state-owned Sichuan Airlines suspended flights to India for 15 days. At the same time, the cost of medical supplies in the mainland rose sharply, causing strong dissatisfaction among the Indian people.
In response to the epidemic in India, Dr. Yang Jianli said that although India has many livelihood issues, its legal and democratic constitutional mechanism is sound, which guarantees freedom of speech and freedom of the press in this country, and that the epidemic can be fully reported, so that the international community can be more clear to understand the current situation of the epidemic in India.
On the other hand, at the beginning of 2020, when the epidemic in China was the worst, Dr. Yang Jianli said: “Many events are still fresh in memory, especially the Li Wenliang incident. Just posting a message in the WeChat circle of friends caused bad luck, not to mention many other events. Citizen reporters, as well as international reporters trying to discover the truth, are subject to various suppressions and restrictions. As of today, everyone does not fully understand the situation of the epidemic in China. This is why many countries cannot forgive China (the Chinese Communist Party)."
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Renci Community Hospital, located next door to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, bans visits from 2 May 2021 until further notice
Renci updated the visitation policy of community hospitals and Chronic Sick Units on its website today (1st) and explained that this is for the safety of patients.
The announcement also mentioned that Renci Community Hospital and Tan Tock Seng Hospital are located in the same hospital area, and will also pay close attention to the situation of the infected group in Tan Tock Seng Hospital and make corresponding adjustments if necessary.
Renci also updated the visit policy of the nursing home yesterday (30 April), stipulating that each household can only register a maximum of four visitors, and each visit period can have a maximum of two visitors, each stay for no more than one hour, and a maximum of only a day Four people visited.
Visitors must also observe strict epidemic prevention measures, including wearing a mask, which cannot be replaced by a faceshield.
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Under CCP covi vaccination, deaths in Hungary and Brazil remain high
Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
A few days ago, the Prime Minister of Hungary and Xi Jinping said in a phone call that they will continue to deepen vaccine cooperation. However, Hungary, which was the first European Union to approve a CCP vaccine, has one of the highest mortality rates in the world. It still bets on CCP vaccines, causing great controversy in the country. Similarly, the death toll soared to more than 400,000 in Brazil, the world's second largest, and the CCP vaccine was also "fired" by local senior officials.
On 29 April, when Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was talking on the phone with Chinese President Xi Jinping, he hoped to continue to deepen vaccine cooperation with China. However, some experts in this country have questioned the effectiveness of the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine.
So far, nearly one million people in Hungary, like Orban, have been vaccinated with Sinovac. However, according to Radio Free Asia, the infection and death rate in Hungary are still high.
As of 10 am on 30 April, Hungary has one of the highest death rates in the world according to the proportion of deaths to the population, with 283 deaths per 100,000 people.
In addition, the number of deaths from the CCP virus epidemic in Brazil has so far exceeded 400,000, making it the second highest number of deaths caused by the epidemic in the world. The BBC said that the death rate is also among the highest in the world, with every 100,000 people. There were 189 deaths.
Brazil last year allowed clinical trials of China's Sinovac to be conducted in Brazil. On 11 April , a Brazilian laboratory announced the China Sinovac vaccine Phase III clinical trial data showed that the vaccine has a protective effect of 50.7% in all cases including mild cases that do not require medical treatment, which is just a step. Qualified for approval by the World Health Organization.
High-ranking Brazilian officials have recently bombarded that Chinese vaccines are not as effective as European and American vaccines. On 27 April, Brazil’s Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes accidentally stated at a meeting of the Brazilian Health Committee: “The Chinese have invented SARS-CoV-2. Their vaccine is not as effective as the United States. The Americans have invested 100 years in research. Pfizer vaccine is better than the others."
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Research: Only one dose of Pfizer vaccine may not provide enough immunity
A British study found that only one dose of Pfizer vaccine may not provide enough immunity to protect people from the new strains of the virus that are raging nowadays, unless the vaccinated person has been infected with the coronavirus. In addition, Pfizer is seeking approval from the European Union to vaccinate children between 12 and 15 years old.
In the case of a limited number of vaccines, Norway has delayed the second dose of vaccine injection to speed up the first dose of vaccine for more citizens. However, a study conducted by Imperial College London on British medical staff found that after the first dose of Pfizer vaccine, those who had contracted covid but had only mild or asymptomatic symptoms had increased immunity to the variant strains of the United Kingdom and South Africa. However, people who have never suffered from covid still have insufficient immunity and still face the risk of infection with variant strains.
In the United States, 8% of people who received the first dose of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine did not receive the second dose.
American Chief Infectious Disease Expert Fauci said, "What can we do to help people get the second dose on time? Schedule the second dose before or at the same time as the first dose, reschedule cancelled vaccination appointments, and send vaccination reminders The most important information I want to say is to get the vaccine. If it is a two-dose vaccine, you must get the second dose."
In addition, the WHO approved the emergency use right of the Moderna vaccine, making it the fifth vaccine on the emergency vaccine list. WHO experts are also evaluating two Chinese vaccines and are expected to announce whether they will be included in the emergency use list before the end of next week.
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Mystery: Qiu Xiangguo sent the virus to Wuhan, Canada Congress summons officials to investigate thoroughly
Image : The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, Canada. (John Woods/Canada News Agency)
The Canadian Parliamentary Committee on Canada-China Relations decided to request the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) to explain why Failed to provide documents regarding the delivery of the deadly virus to the Wuhan laboratory in China.
The committee unanimously agreed on 26 April to summon Iain Stewart, President of the Public Health Bureau, and Guillaume Poliquin, acting Vice President of the National Microbiology Laboratory, to the committee on 10 May to explain why they failed to provide unedited documents before the deadline to show the details of the transfer of the Ebola and Henipah viruses to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which has links with the Chinese Communist military.
On 5 July 2019, Chinese scientist Qiu Xiangguo, her husband Cheng Keding, and some of Qiu’s Chinese students were expelled from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg, and they were deprived of safe access to the laboratory. On 31 March of that year, Qiu Xiangguo sent a batch of live samples of the deadly virus to Wuhan Institute of Virology.
Because Stewart and Polly Quinn refused to explain the specific reasons for expelling Qiu Xiangguo and others when they testified in Congress on 22 March, the Congressional Canada-China Relations Committee passed a motion on 31 March, requiring them to, within 20 days, submit all information and documents related to sending viruses to Wuhan Institute of Virology to the committee.
The vice chairman of the committee and Conservative Congressman Garrett Genuis said that the incident raised many questions, such as whether government agencies are aware of the risks of dealing with institutions controlled by the Chinese Communist regime. “We are committed to thoroughly investigating this thing".
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Bhutan evacuates covid patients from Delhi
Source : Kuensel
Thirty Bhutanese arrived home after they were air evacuated from Delhi in a special chartered Drukair flight yesterday.
According to sources, of the total passengers, 26 of them were active Covid-19 cases. Donning the white coverall (protective suit) all passengers were directly escorted to the isolation facilities in Thimphu.
Sources said that six of them were directly escorted to the isolation ward at the national referral hospital.
It was learnt that the cabin crew and pilots of the aircraft were also directly sent to the quarantine facilities. The aircraft was also immediately disinfected.
Sources said that given the deteriorating situation in India, especially in Delhi, the infected Bhutanese, those in the Royal Bhutan Embassy, a few referral patients, and Bhutanese residents in the Indian capital city were evacuated.
Delhi currently is the sixth hardest hit state in India with a daily case detection of over 26,000 according to data compiled by the John Hopkins University.
India over the last few days has recorded more than a million Covid-19 cases. Ambulances, medical oxygen, intensive care unit (ICU) beds and life-saving medicines are all in short supply, according to media reports. Many have also recovered.
Reports show that at least two hospitals in Delhi have seen patients die after oxygen supplies ran out. It has become difficult for families to take their sick members to hospitals even if they manage to find a bed, and many people have died while waiting for one, according to reports.
The city’s testing capacity has also been overwhelmed, as per media reports.
Meanwhile, some 50 referral patients from Kolkata, India would also be returning home in another flight today, sources confirmed.
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Mongolia provides humanitarian assistance to India
Source : Montsame
The Government of Mongolia on 30 April decided to provide USD 1 million as humanitarian assistance to help India deal with a massive surge in covid cases in the country.
On Monday, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene met with Ambassador of India to Mongolia Mohinder Pratap Singh and conveyed a letter of solidarity and support to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“India is regarded Mongolia’s spiritual neighbor and an important strategic partner. The two countries have been providing reciprocal support for each other and elevated their diplomatic ties to Strategic Partnership in 2015. In February 2020, Mongolia received its first 150,000 doses of vaccine against COVID-19 from India as an aid from the Indian Government, and an oil refinery is under development in Mongolia with soft loan from India. While Mongolia and India are maintaining a relationship in a wide range of areas of economy, society, culture and education, the two nations are holding talks on coal exports.” reports the Cabinet Press Office.
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The world's largest aircraft successfully flies for the second time
Image : The world's largest twin carrier aircraft "Roc" (Roc) developed by Stratolaunch Systems of the United States. (Stratolaunch Systems/AFP via Getty Images)
On Thursday (29 April), the world’s widest wingspan, with two independent fuselages, conducted the second test flight of the giant aircraft, which was after the first successful test flight two years ago.
The giant carrier aircraft has a resounding name "Roc", which was developed by the American "Stratolaunch Systems" company founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (Paul Allen). It weighs 226 tons and has a wingspan of 117 metres.
The "Stratospheric Launch System" company wrote in a press release that the aircraft took off from the Mojave Air and Space Port in southeastern California at 10:30 am Eastern Time. Powered by two engines, the test flight took longer than the first test flight in 2019, with a total flight time of 3 hours and 14 minutes.
Zachary Krevor, the chief operating officer of Stratosphere Launch System, said at a press conference on Thursday that they are very satisfied with the performance of the Dapeng and that the aircraft is about to launch its first ultra-high altitude. The sonic aircraft is excited.
The engineers of the project finally wanted to use this carrier aircraft to launch a reusable "Talon-A" hypersonic flight researcher, "Talon-A" is a rocket-powered jet craft, 28 feet long, 14 feet wide, the design is for the Department of Defense's ultra-high sound speed test service. Super high speed of sound refers to a speed above Mach 5, which is 5 times the speed of sound.
Once deployed, "Talon-A" will ignite its liquid rocket thruster to provide a drive in the earth's atmosphere to complete a supersonic flight test of approximately 1 minute.
However, during the test flight on Thursday, Talon-A was not deployed on the Dapeng. The company's chief technology officer (Daniel Millman) told reporters that in next year's test flight, "Dapeng" will fly higher and faster until it can meet the conditions required to launch "Talon-A".
It is expected that the improved version of "Talon-A" may reach supersonic speed in 2022, and an attempt to launch a reusable supersonic vehicle will be carried out in 2023.
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Biden’s congressional speech did not mention the two challenges of Taiwan’s China policy
The night before, I made a live broadcast with everyone and introduced a few pieces of content. These include Biden's first so-called "State of the Union Address" speech. In his speech, he mentioned the CCP many times, but he gave me the feeling that in order to cater to the general anti-communist mentality of the U.S. ruling and opposition parties, he had to squeeze out a few words that have become "common sense" and did not make any constructive remarks. Even, he didn't dare to mention Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang, or the CCP's responsibility for the virus outbreak, etc., but what did he say?
Biden said that Xi Jinping is eager to dominate the world and, like other dictators, believes that a democratic system cannot survive in the 21st century. What Xi Jinping is betting is that democracy is not as good as autocracy.
Biden also said that he has had a lot of contacts with Xi Jinping, perhaps to show his so-called "authority" sense on this issue. He said that he traveled 75,000 miles with Xi Jinping and had a total of 24 hours of private conversation. However, Biden once again emphasized that he will not seek to conflict with the CCP, but will allow the US military to maintain a strong presence in the Indo-Pacific region. In other words, maintain a deterrent.
This is largely a continuation of the policies of the Trump period. However, as we said earlier, Biden's speech is still "too polite" to the CCP, perhaps because he has more "personal relationships" with Xi Jinping. If it were Trump or Pompeo, I believe that the problems they talked about would be much more serious!
They will say that the virus epidemic caused by the CCP continues to threaten the world and has brought serious disasters to the world. The CCP is responsible for the concealment and the opaque handling of the epidemic. At the same time, the CCP’s internal suppression of external intimidation and its war-wolf-style diplomacy have made countries around the world uneasy. With regard to the CCP, it cannot be based on what it says, but depends on what it has done. The 21st century is not the century of the CCP, and the United States will never become a socialist country. I believe that Trump and the others will say such, even tougher words.
American think tank scholars have also seen the difference between the U.S. today and the U.S. policy toward China during the Trump era. First of all, they believe that Biden has not yet proposed a complete strategy for China, but has largely continued the strategy of the Trump era. But there are also differences.
According to the analysis of Norman J. Ornstein, an honorary scholar of the American Enterprise Institute, there are three points: first, the United States is no longer rushing in front, but wants to make an appointment with allies; second, "extreme competition with the CCP" "At the same time, we must also cooperate with the CCP in some areas; thirdly, the direct accusation against the CCP by the predecessor has been eliminated.
This scholar believes that the strong accusations made by the former US government against the CCP are very close to seeking a regime change in China. He said that he has not heard so far, and the Biden administration has said such things.
Ornstein believes that Biden’s current policy seems to be not to seek to change the CCP’s politics. I think this analysis is very good, this is the most fundamental difference from the predecessor.
American think tank scholars further pointed out that Biden’s current line faces at least two challenges. One is to unite his allies to resist the Communist Party. However, the allies have different attitudes and different thinking on the CCP’s issues in terms of their own interests. Difficulty; the other is that it is both cooperating and confronting with the CCP, but in the face of the CCP, which does not talk about human rights, how to find a balance between confrontation and cooperation? This is also a difficult problem.
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African Republican Tim Scott became popular: America is not a discriminatory country
Biden's State of the Union address, many American voters did not buy it very much, but his "beginning of a thousand calls" State of the Union address unexpectedly made a Republican senator popular.
He is the only one in the Federal Senate and one of only three African-American Republicans in the entire Congress. He is Tim Scott from South Carolina. As a rule, he is the opponent party. Representatives of the State of the Union responded to the speeches after the State of the Union address.
The Republican Party is very good at picking people. It chose an African American who is currently praised by the left as untouchable, untouchable, and indispensable. His ethnicity makes him speak on behalf of the Republican Party, which will silence many leftists. , It can also allow the Republican Party to avoid more firepower to fight back.
Tim Scott criticized Biden’s more than 2 trillion yuan in infrastructure construction plan, saying that less than 6% of it was used for roads and bridges. At the same time, in order to make up for the huge expenditure plan, Biden would propose Increasing taxes will even stifle economic growth. When Scott changed his conversation, the current US economy has grown. This is because before Biden took office, the US economy hit by the epidemic had already reversed, and the best future for the US does not come from the dreams of Washington politicians or socialism. Plan, but from the American people.
However, Tim Scott’s most sensational sentence is: The United States is not a racially discriminatory country. This confession directed at the "microphone" of political correctness on the left immediately detonated the U.S. Internet, and conservative voters applauded Tim Scott's frankness and courage.
Because they believe that the United States has been solving the social problem of "racial discrimination" decades ago, and they oppose that some ultra-left organizations always use "racial discrimination" to talk about things, and they always instigate "racial discrimination" related topics to create confrontation. Lest there be no chaos in the world; but on the left, even though Scott is black, they cannot treat him like white people and immediately label him "white supremacy", and even let the white people who made such remarks step down.
However, the leftists are also well-intentioned, thinking of another very insulting term to attack this black Republican. They say Scott is "Uncle Tim", which is the use of the word "Uncle Tom", what does it mean? Uncle Tom comes from the American novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin", in which the protagonist is called Uncle Tom, a black man who bows to his knees, submissively and submissively, to the white man who abuses him.
This role has a great influence, and even caused American society to reflect on the situation of blacks, and Uncle Tom has also successfully become synonymous with "spineless" and "dignified" blacks. Therefore, calling Tim Scott "Uncle Tim" is a very insulting statement.
But the word has become a popular Twitter vocabulary overnight, indicating that the American left is hyping this statement. Of course, conservative voters are helping Tim Scott defend. And Scott himself responded: They are attacking my skin color. It can be said that the way of the person is to treat the person's body.
I think after Biden's speech, maybe Tim Scott's popularity in the United States has surpassed Biden's speech itself. Although the leftists ridiculed Scott, he is African-American after all. So far, some ultra-left organizations have been very quiet when they say "the United States is not a racially discriminatory country" to Scott, such as BLM "The life of blacks is critical. Important" this organization.
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The Republicans want to elect a black president?
And because Scott fully represented the conservative position in his speech and was also a dark-skinned person protected by political correctness, some Republicans even proposed that Tim Scott be prepared to run for president. Among them is Kevin McCarthy, the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives. He should be Trump's hardcore. I don't know why he suddenly said such a sentence in an interview. Because of this sentence, he has been resisted by some Trump supporters in the United States.
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Trump is 100% clear he wants to return to the White House
After Biden’s speech, when Trump accepted an exclusive interview with Fox on the morning of the 29th, Trump made it clearer that he wanted to return to the White House. He told the host that he was 100% thinking about running for the election again. So far, He expressed the clearest "intention" and said that he would be very successful. Earlier, Trump said at a VIP banquet at the Florida Manor that he promised that the problems that occurred in the 2020 election will not repeat themselves, and he is doing some related major things! He did not explicitly say anything important, but it may be related to the resolution of the general election issue.
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Trump's vice president choice
Moreover, the new candidate for Trump's vice president now seems to have an eyebrow, which can be seen from two points.
First, in this interview, Trump praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, saying that he would definitely be considered as a candidate for vice president, and said that DeSantis is a great guy. And Trump's former partner Pence is no longer considered. Although he is also considering his next step in the election, his reputation has long been the lowest among conservative voters in the United States, and he has been criticized as a traitor.
Second, Bloomberg quoted an insider on April 24 as saying that Trump intends to move to his golf club in New Jersey this summer. It is not yet known how long he will live. If this time or in the future, Trump has The long-term plan to move his household registration to New Jersey may well show that DeSantis has a good chance of becoming Trump's vice president. Because, according to American law, the president and vice president cannot be from the same state, and Trump's current household registration is precisely in Florida. So to partner with DeSantis and possibly move to New Jersey is a kind of preparation. But this is only a current analysis.
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Alarm the Pentagon! Urgent investigation of the mysterious "sonic attack" at the White House
The competition for the throne of the White House has always attracted much attention, but the area where the White House is currently located has been attacked by unknown sound waves, which is also very worrying. You should remember that in the past few years, U.S. personnel in Cuba and the Chinese Communist Party abroad, including CIA employees, were attacked by unknown sound waves, causing symptoms such as tinnitus, dizziness, severe headache, nausea, and a kind of " "Penetrating" has directional noise. This makes the US authorities very confused, and there is no clear conclusion so far. They call this "Havana syndrome".
Previously, it occurred outside the United States, but recently, there have been at least two related cases that occurred in the United States and in the capital Washington area.
One is in 2019. A female employee of the White House was walking a dog in Virginia, near Washington, during which she suffered a sonic attack and developed similar symptoms. The most recent case, even more terrifying, was just outside the White House. It was November 2020. On the outer edge of the South Lawn of the White House, an official of the White House National Security Council was attacked by such an attack. This incident has alarmed the Pentagon and intelligence agencies, and investigations are underway. Officials from the US Department of Defense gave a briefing to the "Armed Forces Committee" of the Senate and House of Representatives earlier this April.
At present, with regard to similar "sonic attacks" encountered by American personnel abroad, the US Department of Defense has said that it was done by Russia or the CCP. As for this attack in the White House area, no more detailed investigation progress has been made.
But whether it is Russia, the CCP or Cuba, they are essentially the same. These are totalitarian countries that are hostile to the United States. In particular, the CCP and Cuba are also communist totalitarians. Now, the U.S. military's deterrence actions against the CCP's totalitarianism are becoming more frequent.
On April 29, the spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense said that the frequency of US activities in the waters surrounding the Chinese Communist Party this year has increased by 20% over the same period last year, and the activities of reconnaissance aircraft have increased by more than 40%. And the most classic is the next sentence, the spokesperson of the CCP’s Ministry of National Defense said: The United States is threatening regional peace and stability, and the CCP firmly opposes it!
The degree of shame of the CCP now cannot be described as "face". We will give you an example in a moment to share with you that the CCP really does not lie or open its mouth, and it lied plainly. Even if the whole world does not believe it, it can speak out without embarrassment.
Just say the words of the Ministry of National Defense of the Chinese Communist Party. Who is threatening regional peace?
Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Zhaoxie stated in a British media’s latest interview that the CCP seems to be preparing to launch the “ultimate war” against Taiwan, pointing out that the mainland continues to publish false information to conduct a mixed war and strengthen its activities against Taiwan, and that Taiwan will defend itself until the end. . He also warned the international community. He said that Taiwan is at the forefront of facing the CCP. If Beijing violates Taiwan by force, the consequences will be global.
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Taiwan push bill bans five-star flags and US envoys visit two major "secret" information
Taiwan’s legislators have also introduced a bill to counter the CCP’s influence on Taiwan and prohibit the CCP’s flag from being raised, hung, displayed, or held in public places in Taiwan. If the offender is found, he will be convicted and face a hefty fine, which may be as high as NT$50,000. And this bill is aimed at the bloody flags including the five-star flag of the Chinese Communist Party. The security officials of the Taiwan National Army have already considered this issue and have also made suggestions to criminalize the display of the CCP’s five-star flag in Taiwan. This incident has deeply demonstrated the strong resistance of Taiwanese society to the CCP.
However, in the face of the CCP, Taiwan’s political circles seem to be facing the test of unity.
A senior media person, Cheng Xiang, recently expressed a view. He believes that the US special envoy Todd had an important intention in his visit to Taiwan not long ago, that is, the US government wants to figure out what Taiwan's determination is to confront the mainland. He noticed that after Todd arrived in Taiwan and met with high-level officials, both the Defense Minister and Taiwan’s Lai Qingde were also present. He believed that this was specially arranged at the request of the United States. It was to test Taiwan’s anti-Communist will and touch on the essence. problem. Because if Taiwan is not united, there is no determination to resist the Communist Party, or the necessary consensus, then US aid will be meaningless. It's like you gave up on your own, so how can others help?
Therefore, the United States asked some very important questions on the spot, including the representative of the Taiwan Kuomintang present here, how do they view the 1992 Consensus. The representative of the Kuomintang mentioned that theoretically, the 1992 Consensus will not be changed, but the 1992 Consensus does not mean one country, two systems. The Kuomintang does not accept one country, two systems. However, the 1992 Consensus is a temporary method by the CCP to restrict Taiwan, and it may be transformed into the "one China" principle. The United States has always had reservations about the 1992 Consensus, which may be to avoid favoring either side. However, the United States How to treat this 1992 consensus actually determines the gold content of this issue. If the United States really opposes the 1992 Consensus, the question of "how to view the 1992 Consensus" raised by the United States is a touchstone.
Cheng Xiang himself believes that Taiwan’s political parties have not reached an agreement with each other, and some people have even put forward negative arguments such as "the first battle is the end" and "Taiwan is not safe", which may make Taiwan lack the courage to fight to the end. He pointed out that the CCP may use the "Peking Model" to engage in Taiwan. That is, when the KMT and the CCP fought the war, the communist army first surrounded Peiping, which is now Beijing, and then persuaded Fu Zuoyi, who was defending the city, to subdue Fu Zuoyi. It was himself who persuaded Fu Zuoyi to subdue. His daughter turned out to be an underground party. The United States also seems to want to figure out whether Taiwan will have a "daughter" of Fu Zuoyi.
At the same time, when the US representative was still visiting Taiwan, he suggested that the Tsai Ing-wen government establish a "reserve army", that is, when the regular army is not available, there will be a reserve source of troops to supplement. Without these preparations, how can we talk about the last-minute determination? Then there are two conclusions. The United States hopes to see: First, Taiwan can use actions to show its determination to stick to the end; second, there should be no "daughter" of Fu Zuoyi.
Of course, the actual situation may not necessarily be the case. If the CCP really dares to use force, the US military or other countries may provide more support, but the problem is that other countries seem to want to see Taiwan’s determination. What I said above is just a current analysis.
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Australia strengthens its northern military base, Chinese military planes collided and crashed
In fact, the trend of international resistance against communism is becoming more and more obvious. For example, on April 28, Australian Prime Minister Morrison announced that it would spend about US$580 million to upgrade Australia’s four main military bases in the north and at the same time expand joint military exercises with the United States in response to the Indo-Pacific brought by the CCP. The uncertainty of regional peace.
Although the CCP itself is proud of its military strength, it often reports some military training accidents. Many incidents are not reported by the mainland media at all, but some news will be spread through various channels.
For example, on the evening of April 26, it was reported that two military helicopters collided in Ma'anshan, Anhui, causing the crash of the two planes and the ignition of the crash site, which was likely to cause serious casualties. However, as of now, mainland official media have still avoided this. Don't talk about it. Some related messages were deleted after they appeared on the Internet.
The CCP never reports these things, but if there are a few things that can be used to extol the virtues, they will report them in special reports. The CCP has limited technology, but it always wants to compete with Western countries, and is particularly interested in cutting-edge technology. On April 29, the "Tianhe" core module of the CCP's Tiangong space station was launched into space, which became a piece of CCP propaganda. After the launch was completed, Li Keqiang personally shook hands with the staff in the control center of the launch site to congratulate the staff, while Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message, saying that the construction of the space station is the goal of the CCP’s "three-step" strategy for manned space projects.
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Xi said that the party "talks the talk" and the National Unification Bureau lied immediately! Nobody dare not say that there are few Chinese people
Two days ago, on the morning of April 27, Xi Jinping, who was visiting in Nanning, Guangxi, opened his mouth in front of the "extraordinary actors" at the scene and said that the CCP and the leaders of the CCP "calculated." Because the original film has a soundtrack and may have copyright, his original soundtrack will not be released for everyone. Let’s just say what he said. It’s true that the CCP has played lie to the extreme. It just doesn’t lie without opening its mouth, and even if it knows that it is a lie, it can be said without haste.
Recently, demographer Yi Fuxian, analysis by professionals, and a lot of revelations from insiders quoted by the Financial Times, all show that the population of mainland China is declining, and that the 2020 census has already ended half a year ago, but the authorities There is no sound at all.
As a result, it may be that the outside world waited too long for fear of too many unfavorable comments. The CCP’s National Bureau of Statistics finally spoke. On April 29, it only posted a few words on its website, saying: It is understood that , my country’s population will continue to grow in 2020, and the specific data will be announced in the seventh census bulletin. But when will your communiqué come out? If you didn't say it, you didn't say it. The outside world still doesn't know when it will be announced.
And the most interesting thing is that in such a short sentence, his intention to respond to outside questions is too obvious. It is clearly the so-called "don't believe in rumors, don't spread rumors."
China’s birth population has decreased and it has caught up with the 2020 pandemic. The majority of external discussions are quite certain that China’s population will decline by a certain percentage at least in 2020. However, the CCP wants to slander its words and control it. According to public opinion, it’s not even a pretense to lie now, and a face like "I will lie about whom I am afraid of".
Mainland netizens are also discussing the practice of the National Bureau of Statistics of the National Bureau of Statistics. Some people say that the results came out early because they were worried that publicizing the population decline would become a problem. The authorities wanted to grasp this degree, so they are creating figures, for example, Worrying, if the population is reduced, there will be one less selling point that can drive investment. Worrying about the lack of external investment, local governments are unwilling to say that their population is declining.
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Tencent faces a tens of billions fine
The CCP is not only falsifying population data, but also falsifying all aspects and covering up the truth. Economic data is also falsified. If it is short of money, it will continue to cut leeks. The recent rectification of private entrepreneurs, one theory is that it has come to the era of public-private partnership 2.0, and another theory is that this is the CCP’s high-level distrust of private entrepreneurs, and they want to collect their “excessive” influence and let them More obedient. Of course, Ma Yun's matter also involves power struggles.
However, as expected, according to Reuters, according to sources quoted by insiders, the CCP is preparing to impose a huge fine on Tencent, but it may be significantly less than Alibaba. It is almost US$1.54 billion, equivalent to approximately RMB 10 billion, on the grounds that Tencent is suspected of being involved. "monopoly".
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Zheng Shuang "unhappy" with the Communist Party for fear of facing jail
In addition to entrepreneurs, mainland stars are not very smooth. Earlier, it was reported that the mainland film star Zheng Shuang, who was looking for a surrogate and gave birth to two children, exposed the issue of the Yin-Yang contract. These incidents were all related to Zheng Shuang’s ex-boyfriend "Zhang Heng". The Zheng Shuang family accused Zhang Heng of " Scumbag".
The latest incident that was stabbed by Zhang Heng involved many details of Zheng Shuang’s life. It was on April 26 that Zhang Heng released many of Zheng Shuang’s private chat records, which were also made into a video of about 5 minutes and circulated on the Internet.
These contents show that Zheng Shuang's mother is not satisfied with the film pay, and believes that the authorities should not stipulate that the film pay should not exceed 50 million yuan, which is an act of play. Therefore, the method of making a Yin-Yang contract was studied and Zheng Shuang was asked to collect the film pay separately. And the most amazing thing is that Zheng Shuang mentioned a sentence in the chat log. She said: Frankly speaking, the celebrity is carrying a scapegoat for the Communist Party.
This sentence will not only involve economic issues. Under the autocratic mainland, Zheng Shuang is likely to bring political issues involving personal safety. However, the CCP’s custom is that even if it is a political issue, it may be punished economically.
At present, Zheng Shuang’s new news has caused her serious trouble. The Shanghai Taxation Bureau and the Beijing Radio, Film and Television Bureau are investigating Zheng Shuang. The most serious result may be jail.
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