News (1) to (2) / Source : 8world / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
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Hougang HDB special test operation, two people test positive
A total of 405 people were tested during the covi testing operation at Blk 506 on Hougang Ave 8. Two of them tested positive.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health clarified that the authorities have tested 405 people in Blk 506, which is different from the 407 people reported earlier. This is because two of them were retested because the test results were invalidated. Therefore, the authorities conducted 407 covid tests for 405 people.
Among the 405 people, 403 had a negative test result, and two had positive test results. The Ministry of Health will announce the details of the two confirmed cases in a subsequent statement. According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health last night (23 May), one of them was a 60-year-old housewife.
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Pasir Ris HDB has no confirmed cases so far
A spokesperson for the Ministry of Health also revealed that a total of 188 people were tested during the Coronary Disease Testing Operation at Blk 559 on Pasir Ris Street 51 on 23 May. Among them, 155 people have tested negative results and are still waiting for another 33 people's test results.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the residents of Blk 559 in Pasir Ris who were diagnosed before lived in different units with different ending numbers. The authorities are still investigating to understand the source of infection of the cases and whether they are related.
The Ministry of Health also revealed that when the evaluation shows that there is a possibility of the transmission of coronary disease in HDB flats, the Ministry of Health will conduct preventive tests on these HDB flats. The authorities will consider a variety of factors when assessing the risk of coronary disease transmission. Such as the total number of confirmed cases in that block, the potential risk of individual transmission, and the possible mode of transmission.
The Ministry of Health emphasized that the authorities have not defined any "threshold" that can trigger HDB testing.
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Covid-19: What went wrong in Singapore and Taiwan?
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Westgate mall visited on 13 days by Covid-19 cases during the infectious period
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CDC investigating heart inflammation in covid-19 vaccinated teens, young adults
Reporter : Jack Philips / Publisher : The Epoch Times PREMIUM
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it’s investigating reports of heart inflammation in teenagers and young adults who have received the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine.
Noting that there have been “relatively few” reports of “mild” cases of myocarditis, the agency said that its COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Technical Work Group should investigate and communicate the findings to vaccine recipients.
The agency said that vaccines using the mRNA technology—from pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Moderna—appear to be causing the issue. Vaccines using mRNA, which are relatively uncommon, use messenger ribonucleic acid (RNA) to create a protein that prompts an immune response within an individual, while Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine instead uses an adenovirus that was rendered unable to replicate.
The reports of myocarditis have been mostly in adolescents and young adults—and are more likely to occur in males. The symptoms also show up after the second dose, about four days after vaccination, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said in a statement dated May 17.
“Most cases appear to be mild, and follow-up of cases is ongoing,” the agency said in the statement, adding that the advisory’s “members felt that information about reports of myocarditis should be communicated to providers.”
It didn’t say how many individuals were affected and recommended further investigation.
“Further information should be collected through medical record review about potential myocarditis cases that were reported into VAERS,” according to the CDC, referring to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. “Information about this potential adverse event should be provided to clinicians to enhance early recognition and appropriate management of persons who develop myocarditis symptoms following vaccination.”
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told Reuters that some vaccines can cause myocarditis and said it’s important to monitor if it’s related to the COVID-19 shots.
“Vaccines are going to unequivocally be much more beneficial outweighing this very low, if conclusively established, risk,” he said.
“It may simply be a coincidence that some people are developing myocarditis after vaccination,” Dr. Celine Gounder, an infectious disease specialist told The New York Times. “It’s more likely for something like that to happen by chance, because so many people are getting vaccinated right now.”
The Israeli Ministry of Health said in April that it’s monitoring a small number of cases of people developing heart inflammation after getting Pfizer’s vaccine.
But in April, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that officials found no link between COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis among members of the military.
“We have not seen a signal, and we’ve actually looked intentionally for the signal in the over 200 million doses we’ve given,” she said on April 27.
Pfizer and Moderna officials didn’t immediately respond to a request by The Epoch Times for comment.
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The confirmed case virus in Guangzhou belongs to a mutant strain first identified in India
Editor : Sun Jingbo / Publisher : China News Network / http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2021/05-24/9484123.shtml / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
According to the official Weibo news of the News Information Center of Liwan District, Guangzhou City, the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (Covid) Prevention and Control Headquarters of Liwan District, Guangzhou issued a notice at night of 23 May 2021, combining the clinical manifestations and epidemiological investigations of the cases. Following laboratory testing and gene sequencing results, after a comprehensive evaluation by the expert team, it is preliminarily determined that Guo XX in Jinlong Community, Liwan District is a confirmed case of inbound covi. The virus belongs to B.1.617, the covi variant strain first identified in India, and it is not excluded that accidental exposure to the virus has caused occasional infections.
In the afternoon of 23 May, a new case of asymptomatic infection was added to Guangzhou. It was the husband Lu of the previously confirmed case Guo. He was quarantined as a close contact on 21 May, and the result of the third nucleic acid test after he was judged to be a close contact he was diagnosed positive and has been transferred to the Eighth People's Hospital of Guangzhou for isolation and observation. According to epidemiological investigation, Lu's activity track is basically the same as Guo's.
The disease control department will continue to do a good job of centralized medical isolation and observation of close contacts and sub-close contacts in accordance with the regulations. The general public is requested not to believe in rumours or spread rumours, continue to cooperate with the normalization of the epidemic prevention and control requirements, strengthen personal daily protection, and go to the nearest vaccination point as soon as possible for covi vaccination.
As of 6 pm on 23 May, the epidemic involved a total of 128,072 samples of key populations in key areas, and 115,573 nucleic acid tests have been completed, all of which were negative.
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Guangdong adds 3 new cases of local asymptomatic infections and 3 imported confirmed cases from abroad
Reporter : Yu Xiao / Publisher : China News Network / http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2021/05-24/9484182.shtml / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
According to the website of the Guangdong Health Commission, from 0-24 on 23 May, 3 new cases of local asymptomatic infections were reported in the province, with 1 case reported in Guangzhou and 2 cases reported in Shenzhen.
There are 3 new inbound confirmed covid cases in Guangdong. Guangzhou reports the three inbound covid cases from France, Cameroon and Indonesia. Newly imported 10 cases of asymptomatic infections were reported from Guangzhou including 3 cases from Indonesia, 3 cases from Cambodia, and the remaining 4 cases were from France, Oman, UAE and Saudi Arabia. 2 new cases were discharged.
As of 24 May, a total of 2,412 confirmed cases of covid have been reported across the province (1,015 imported from abroad). There are currently 45 treatment cases in the provincial hospitals.
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Preventing the epidemic in Penghu, Chen Qiyu hopes the Taiwan central government will set up fast screening stations at Taiwan’s airports and ports
Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA / Image courtesy : Ian and Mar
Chen Qiyu stated that the Kinmen County Government decided to set up a quick screening station at the airport on the 23rd. The Central Epidemic Command Center believed that it was illegal and revoked in accordance with the law.
The Penghu County Government, which originally planned to set up a quick screening station at Penghu Airport today, is temporarily suspended and will report it as soon as possible. Depending on the central decision, the screening station plan will be activated immediately.
The Penghu County Government stated that after the outbreak of domestic epidemics, the chiefs of the three counties and cities of the outlying islands were worried that the virus could be spread to the outlying islands by air passengers. They even sought the central government to set up quick screening stations at domestic airports and stopped the virus at the airport in the first place. Such a measure can reduce the chance of infection and can also give people on outlying islands peace of mind.
However, the Central Epidemic Command Centre did not approve it in accordance with Article 37, Item 3 of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Act. However, the Central Epidemic Command Centre has discussed the need for medical treatment and epidemic prevention on outlying islands as soon as possible, and formulated consistent epidemic prevention standards for outlying island counties and cities to follow.
Chen Qiyu said that the domestic epidemic is serious. Almost all counties and cities in Taiwan have confirmed cases. Outlying island counties and cities still maintain zero confirmed cases. The three outlying islands of Taiwan have the same position. He hopes that the central government will give priority to setting up fast screening stations at the island’s airport and passengers should be tested negative before entering the island.
It is not hoped that those who are diagnosed that enter Taiwan will cause the burden of medical care on outlying islands. In the future, they will be included in the port.
The county government stated that the epidemic has continued to spread and the country has upgraded to a three-level alert. The county government is fully alert, restarting the infrared body temperature detector at the airport, and completely suspending various activities, calling on residents of Penghu, residents of Taiwan, and college students to temporarily postpone their trips to Taiwan and Penghu. If they return, please also conduct a self-monitoring for 14 days after returning to Penghu. (Central News Agency)
News (9) to (13) / China News Weekly Reporters : Huo Siyi, Peng Danni / Published in the 996th issue of China News Weekly on 2021.5.24 / http://www.chinanews.com/gj/2021/05-22/9483111.shtml / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
India is deeply affected by the epidemic. Why has the United States been so slow to extend a helping hand?
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The epidemic stimulates major power diplomacy
In mid-April, when the second wave of the epidemic in India was the worst, when the fire of incineration of corpses ignited on the streets of New Delhi, India’s closest friend, the United States, was busy convening a "leadership climate summit."
On 22 April, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price responded to “India’s request for the White House to ease the export ban on vaccine raw materials” at a press conference, “We have a special responsibility to the American people. More than any other country in the world has been hit by the epidemic." On the same day, India had 332,730 newly diagnosed cases in a single day, breaking the US record for the first time.
After China, Britain, and France successively announced aid to India, the US's "coldness" towards India has aroused criticism from inside and outside. Ned Price’s remarks were continuously reposted by the media in the United States and India, with the title "America First". This was once one of the important labels of the Trump era, but the new President Biden, who is trying to get rid of Trump's legacy, has firmly continued this strategy in terms of epidemic prevention.
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Changes in the American government's attitude towards India
On 16 April, the CEO of the Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, Adal Bonawara pleaded with Biden on Twitter, hoping that the United States would lift its export restrictions on India's vaccine raw materials. But the White House did not respond, so there was a question from reporters on 22 April, and the White House also gave a disappointing answer.
The Biden administration responded after nearly 10 days after Bonawara called out. On 25 April, U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Emily Horn pointed out in a White House statement that the United States has identified specific raw materials urgently needed for the production of Covishield vaccine in India, and these materials will be provided to India immediately. The United States will also provide India with key anti-epidemic supplies such as ventilators, rapid test kits and personal protective equipment (PPE).
One day later, a plane from New York landed slowly at Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi. The plane carried 328 oxygen concentrators, which was what India needed most at the time. Just two days before the plane landed, on 24 April, at the Jaipur Gold Hospital in New Delhi, 20 people died one after another at midnight due to lack of oxygen.
Why is the Biden administration so slow in this wave of epidemic in India? Lin Minwang, deputy director of the Center for South Asian Studies of Fudan University, pointed out to China News Weekly that because the United States has placed China at the core of its strategic competition, India therefore has extremely important geostrategic value. However, India has a population of nearly 1.4 billion. After discovering that the epidemic in India was severe, the United States initially hesitated whether to suddenly carry such a heavy burden, so it delayed at first. This shows the essential fragility of India-US relations.
He said, but after the US National Security Adviser Jack Sullivan and Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Dorval had a phone call on 25 April, there have been some changes in the attitude of the United States.
The statement on 25 April wrote: Sullivan spoke with Dorval today to clarify the United States’ support for India. Based on the seven-year health partnership between the United States and India, they decided that India and the United States will continue to cope with the global pandemic.
Lin Minwang believes that the most important thing that prompted the U.S. to change its attitude was geopolitical considerations. At that time, CCP China expressed a positive attitude to help India more than a week earlier than the United States. Russia even directly assisted India with 150,000 Sputnik V vaccines, which was the largest aid among all countries.
A senior Indian official told The Wall Street Journal, "We are surprised that the United States has responded so slowly. This has raised doubts in Indian public opinion and sometimes led to more chain reactions."
Thomas White, director of the European Center of the Brookings Institution, an American think tank, analyzed in the article "Biden's Wrong Decision in India" that within the Biden administration, its foreign policy team supports India, but the main members of the domestic policy team, including his political advisers and the New Coronavirus Working Group, they all advocated "America First", that is, after the United States has acquired herd immunity in the United States, vaccines or related raw materials can be sent abroad. "Biden's policy was finally formulated after reconciling these different internal orientations."
There is no doubt that from a geopolitical point of view, India is very important to the United States. As White said: “Under such concerns and pressure, the foreign policy team has won more support from the Biden administration.” Therefore, The US finally changed its attitude towards India on 25 April.
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Tolerance the fundamental starting point of treating the United States as India's core strategic partner
At the Indian level, a noteworthy phenomenon is that the Modi government has never officially expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for its delay in extending a helping hand. Not only that, the day after the United States made its statement on April 25, Modi immediately had a "fruitful dialogue" in his opinion with Biden. He enthusiastically said on Twitter: Thank the United States for its support to India.
To the Biden administration’s slow response, White pointed out that it cannot be forgotten, but it can be forgiven. His judgment seems to be accurate. After expressing dissatisfaction with the United States, the aforementioned senior Indian official interviewed by The Wall Street Journal added: "However, I think the United States did not deliberately neglect India, but someone accidentally made a mistake."
In Lin Minwang's view, the US aid is more "a kind of ceremonial". What India needs most is oxygen, and the US is not outstanding in the aid of oxygen generators compared with other countries. He pointed out that behind India's "tolerant" attitude is the fundamental starting point of treating the United States as its core strategic partner. This is a continuation of India's deepening "pro-American" strategy since the epidemic.
"To look at international relations, you only need to look at the core interests. There are bound to be many contradictions between any two countries, but if the major strategic directions are the same, the others are tickles. The core interests between India and the United States are the same, that is, to contain China (CCP). Therefore, it is impossible for the two parties to break up because of an epidemic or any other specific event." Lin Minwang said.
In March of this year, under Biden’s initiative, the leaders of the US, Japan, India and Australia held an online summit, and India immediately participated actively. The informal strategic dialogue between the four countries of the United States, Japan, India and Australia is also referred to as the Quad mechanism. It is a core part of the US "Indo-Pacific strategy". It was first proposed in 2007, but it was not until the Trump and Biden era. Especially after the epidemic, it began to play a more important role in the international political arena. In March 2020, within a month, two consecutive video conferences were held, and Quad was expanded to Quad+, and it was pulled into New Zealand, South Korea and Vietnam.
Apana Pande, director of the "Future Initiative for India and South Asia" at the Hudson Institute, an American think tank, analyzed China News Weekly that the second wave of the epidemic in India not only did not affect US-India relations, but also further strengthened the strategic partnership between the two countries. The relationship also makes Quad stronger.
On 28 April, three days after the United States issued a statement of support, when the second wave of the epidemic in India was the worst, the trade ministers of Japan, Australia, and India held a meeting to formally launch the "flexible supply chain" initiative through trade facilitation and other measures. In order to attract more investment, strengthen the resilience and anti-risk ability of the Indo-Pacific supply chain. Analysts pointed out that this initiative is mainly to reduce dependence on China's supply chain.
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India's vision to be Asia's alternative economy superpower after China
Lin Minwang pointed out that the shift in Indian foreign policy after the epidemic is also related to the economy. Affected by the epidemic, some Chinese companies are under-operating. India, from high-level government to academia, hopes to take the opportunity to expand exports and fill the market share vacated by China. After analyzing the industrial structure of India, the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry stated that India has a competitive relationship with China in more than 500 products in the fields of leather products, agricultural products, and textiles. Therefore, at the beginning of the outbreak, India took the initiative to “decouple” economically from China, and both the United States and Japan funded the relocation of companies from China to India.
India’s vision is to eventually replace “Made in China” with “Made in India”. "India is going to become a more important economic component in the world." Modi said in multiple public occasions.
Regarding India’s foreign strategy adjustment in the era of the epidemic, Indian Foreign Minister Jason Su concluded in his September 2020 “India’s Way: Strategy in an Uncertain World”: India must be friendly to the United States, deal with China, cultivate Europe, and appease Russia, mobilize Japan, integrate neighbouring countries, influence more extensive surroundings, and expand traditional supporters.
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The spillover effect of India's epidemic on India's vaccine diplomacy with Africa and Asia
As one of the world's largest vaccine suppliers, India had exported nearly 67 million doses of vaccine to 95 countries before the outbreak, of which nearly 20 million were given to COVAX. However, due to the domestic epidemic, India has stopped exporting from 16 April, which has had a great impact on developing countries that have delayed vaccination, especially in Africa.
The COVAX mechanism as the main source of vaccines in developing countries, if it goes well, at least 2 billion vaccines should be distributed by the end of 2021, but at present, COVAX has delivered only about 53 million doses in total. According to the plan, the Serum Institute of India will provide 100 million doses of vaccine to COVAX between February and May this year. After India stopped exporting, COVAX only received 18.2 million, less than one-fifth of the plan.
WHO said on 7 May that Africa currently accounts for only 1% of the global vaccine dose, which is a decrease from 2% a few weeks ago. This reflects the vulnerability of developing countries to "access" vaccines. Due to the delay in the delivery of vaccines in India, it may trigger a new wave of epidemic peaks in Africa, and the probability of new virus variants will increase as a result.
Richard Mishigo, the vaccine project coordinator of the WHO Africa Regional Office, expressed concern about China News Weekly. He said that the sudden deterioration of the epidemic in India reminds us that the risk of a rebound in Africa is also high. The new data shows that although the number of newly reported cases in Africa has been declining in the past few weeks, the epidemic situation in 11 countries is on the rise, and several countries have also experienced super-spreading incidents. This is related to the fatigue of epidemic prevention in many countries in the recent period.
In the coming months, some African countries will hold national elections, which may also lead to large-scale rallies, and new variants will continue to be discovered on the African continent. "All of these are in the case of low testing and vaccination rates," Mishigo said.
When can the export be resumed? The Serum Institute of India stated that the Serum Institute is expanding its production capacity and will increase its monthly output from 50 million doses to 100 million by the end of May. However, one of the initiators of the COVAX plan, a spokesperson for Gavi, the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, said recently that he has been in close contact with the Indian government to restart vaccine shipments, but "as far as the next delivery time is concerned, we cannot confirm this stage." .
Mishigo revealed to China News Weekly that, taking into account the severity of the epidemic in India, COVAX has notified all countries that it no longer expects the Serum Institute of India to deliver the AstraZeneca vaccine in May and June. COVAX will continue to study various plans, including active negotiations with other COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to diversify the vaccine supply, so as to reduce the impact of India’s cessation of exports on COVAX participants.
The spillover effect brought about by the epidemic in India has caused a layer of shocks around the world, with neighbouring Southeast Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, and Cambodia bearing the brunt. The fragility of COVAX reflects the fragility of the global multilateral mechanism. More essentially, this is the contradiction between national interests and globalization, and the vaccine is a concentrated expression of this contradiction.
Many experts appealed that India’s epidemic is not a country’s affair. Countries around the world should unite to help India tide over the difficulties. The first step is to continue to provide oxygen generators, ventilators, vaccines and other material assistance, and increase financial support. In order to expand India’s vaccine production capacity, the most important thing is to promote the sharing of related intellectual property rights and support technology transfer as soon as possible. To help India is to help yourself.
China News Weekly, Issue 18, 2021
News (14) to (15) / Reporter : Li Yun / Editor : Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2021/05/24/a103126325.html / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
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Survivors of the covid epidemic develop "megatongue", horror screen exposed
Image : After recovering from covi infection in the United States, a rare "megatongue" sequelae occurred. (Photo from the official website of the University of Texas Houston Medical Center)
Cases of covid rejuvenation / fuyang patients after recovery and various physical and mental sequelae abound. What is even more frightening is that some survivors have developed "megatongue" and their tongue swells several times the size of normal people, making them unable to speak and eat.
The official website of the University of Texas Houston Medical Center revealed that many people in the U.S. diagnosed with covid had recovered and developed "megatongue". It can be seen from pictures that the patients' tongues have swollen to a large extent outside their mouths, making them unable to speak or eat.
The scholar in charge of research and treatment of this disease said that there are currently 9 related cases in Houston, Texas, of which 8 are Black. It is not clear whether it is related to race.
According to experts, megatongue itself is a common disease due to swelling caused by inflammation of the tongue. However, it is extremely rare and serious in people who have recovered from covid.
The expert said that one of the patients used a respirator during the infection, but after he recovered, he found that his tongue began to swell, and later it swelled to several times the size of a normal person. Even if the doctor reduced the dose of medicine for him, it was useless. In the end, the excessive part of the tongue had to be removed through surgery.
Experts said that the exact cause of the patient’s tongue swelling is still unknown, but it is estimated to be related to the immune system’s response to the virus, resulting in swelling of body organs.
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Recorded cases of severe sequelae after covid patient recoveries
In fact, there are many cases of severe sequelae after covid patients recover.
The covid epidemic study published in South Korea in September 2020 found that up to 90% of the country’s confirmed CCP virus patients have experienced more than one sequelae, including fatigue, psychological or mental sequelae, and loss of taste or smell.
In November 2020, an Oxford University survey of a large number of confirmed patients in the United States showed that nearly one-fifth of patients were diagnosed with mental illness within 3 months of diagnosis, and patients who recovered were more likely to suffer from anxiety. Symptoms such as depression and insomnia are twice as high as those of patients with other diseases.
On 9 January 2021, a study published by the Chinese mainland medical team in the medical journal "The Lancet" showed that among the 1,733 recovered and discharged patients from Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital from 7 January to 29 May 2020, nearly 80% of the recovered patients have sequelae, including symptoms such as muscle weakness, fatigue, insomnia, anxiety, depression, and abnormal renal function.
BBC has also reported that more than 300 studies from around the world have found that patients with the CCP virus generally have neurological abnormalities, including mild symptoms such as headache, loss of smell and tingling as well as severe symptoms such as aphasia, stroke and epilepsy. Covi will also severely damage the kidneys, liver, heart and almost all organs of the body.
The report mentioned a doctor who admitted some patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Strasbourg University Hospital in northeastern France in early March 2020.
After being infected with covid, these patients are very agitated. Not only do they have difficulty breathing, but many also have neurological problems, mainly confusion and delirium. Some patients are irritable and require sedation. Many patients are very young, even 18-year-old patients.
The CCP virus broke out in Wuhan by the end of 2019. Due to the CCP’s concealment, the epidemic spread rapidly around the world. So far, more than 160 million people have been infected and more than 3.6 million people have died. Moreover, the pandemic is far from over. SARS
-CoV-2 has morphed into a more contagious virus and spread in various countries, making the pandemic prevention and control situation more severe.
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Taiwan adds 590 covid cases, six deaths
Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Taiwan on 24 May 2021 announced 590 local covid cases and another six new deaths.
Of the local cases announced today, 256 were corrected and returned cases.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Taiwan so far has reached 4,917, of which more than 3,000 have been confirmed since Taipei and New Taipei were upgraded to Level 3 on 15 May.
The Central Epidemic Commander Chen Shizhong also said today that the authorities are negotiating to further extend the Taiwan-wide three-level alert period that originally expired on 28 May.
News (17) to (25) / Source : 8world / Report by : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA
Eight infection clusters have new cases
There were a total of 11 new cases in the eight local infection groups, of which the airport infection group increased by three cases, and the Tan Tock Seng Hospital infection group increased by one.
The number of infections at the airport increased by three more, reaching 108. The first new case, the 63605th case, was a seven-year-old boy who was a student at St. Stephen's School. The last time he attended school was on the 12th of this month.
He is the family of a 44-year-old housewife (case 63139) who has repeatedly visited Changi Airport’s third terminal and an 11-year-old boy (case 63447) confirmed by St Stephen’s School.
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Three cases of infection at the airport increased (108 cases in total)
The 63615th case is a 45-year-old Filipino man. He worked as an engineer at STMicroelectronics Pte Ltd. The last day he went to work was the 8th of this month. He was a close contact of the aviation security officer (Case 63055) of Certis CISCO, a security agency working in the third terminal of Changi Airport.
The 63616th case is a 67-year-old female cleaner who is employed by Hong Ye Group Pte Ltd in Changi Business Park. She is a family member of the 95-year-old retired woman (63382 cases) and the 62-year-old Singaporean airport attendant (63458 cases).
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One more case was added to Tan Tock Seng's hospital infection group (47 cases in total)
The 63617 case is a 78-year-old local housewife. She is a family member of a 52-year-old man (case 63007) who was admitted to ward 9D of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. The first test result was negative during the quarantine period, and the diagnosis was confirmed when he tested again on the 22nd.
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One case of infection in Sands Casino (a total of five cases)
Another case has been added to the Marina Bay Sands casino infection group. The newly added 63610 is a 32-year-old local permanent resident who works as a barber at 98 Hair House Pte Ltd.
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Two cases of infection among McDonald's food delivery workers (a total of five cases)
The infection group of McDonald's food delivery personnel has expanded, and two more food delivery personnel have been diagnosed. The newly diagnosed person is also the person who delivered meals to the McDonald's of the Pesha-Eliya Community Club. Among them, the 63603th case is a 31-year-old Chinese man who had contact with the 27-year-old and 24-year-old Malaysian IVIC Logistics food delivery staff who were diagnosed earlier at work.
The 63624th case is a 27-year-old Malaysian man who also had contact with the two aforementioned 27-year-old and 24-year-old Malaysian IVIC Logistics food delivery staff.
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One case of Sms Infocomm infection group (a total of seven cases)
The 63620th case is a 27-year-old local woman who is an administrator of the community hospital St Luke’s Hospital. She is a family member of the 49-year-old factory operator (case 63462) of the confirmed Sms Infocomm, and she has been vaccinated with two doses.
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63,236 infections increased by one case (a total of six cases)
The 63,621st case is a 4-year-old girl who is a student of Heart Field Kindergarten and came to school for the last time on the 12th of this month. She is a close contact of the confirmed 53-year-old private driver (case 63236).
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63304 cases of infection group increased by one case (four cases in total)
The 63598th case is a 41-year-old local man who works as a manager at Sure Clean Pte Ltd. He is a family member of the confirmed Portuguese female salesperson (case 63304).
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63,479 cases of infection increased by one case (a total of five cases)
The 63627th case is a 38-year-old Burmese man who works as an engineer at Asia Medical Enviro Services Pte Ltd. He is a family contact of the confirmed 49-year-old female permanent resident (case 63,479). He received two doses of vaccine in February.
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U.S. media reveals new information, 3 people from WIV have seen the same infection
Reporter : Chen Ting / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/5/24/n12970941.htm / Direct translation
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on Sunday (23 May) disclosed a previously undisclosed U.S. intelligence report, pointing out that one month before the outbreak of COVID-19, three researchers from the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill and sought medical treatment at the same time.
The media pointed out that the report provided details of the number of researchers who were sick, how long they were sick, and how they were admitted to the hospital. This report may trigger calls from the international community to further investigate the origin of SARS-CoV-2 (covi, CCP virus).
Previously, the CCP officially stated that the first confirmed case of covid was a man who became ill on 8 December 2019. China has repeatedly refuted the claim that the virus came from a Wuhan laboratory. However, the Wuhan Institute of Viology (WIV) did not share the original data, security logs, and laboratory records of bat coronavirus research.
WSJ pointed out that the outgoing and current officials who were aware of the report offered different views on the credibility of the report. An unnamed person said that this report was provided by an international partner and may be of great significance but it still needs further investigation and further confirmation.
Another official believed that the report was more credible. He said, “We have obtained very reliable information from various channels, which is very accurate. It only tells you why they (researchers) are sick."
The report pointed out that November 2019 was the time when many epidemiologists and virologists believed that COVID-19 began to spread around Wuhan, China.
The report's exposure time coincided with the debut of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s highest decision-making body, the World Health Assembly (WHA). The meeting will be held by video from 24 May to 1 June. It is expected to discuss the next phase of investigation of the origin of the covid epidemic.
The Biden administration declined to comment on the intelligence disclosed by WSJ but said that WHO and international experts should investigate all technically credible theories.
A spokesperson for the US National Security Council (NSC) said, "We still have big questions about the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak, including its origin in the People's Republic of China."
She said that the U.S. government is cooperating with WHO and other member states to support expert-led assessments of the origin of the virus, "in order to avoid interference or politicization of the assessment."
David Asher, a senior researcher at the Hudson Institute and former chief investigator of the State Department, said at a seminar in March that he was skeptical of claims that laboratory researchers were ill from the flu.
He said, "I very much suspect that under a high degree of protection, in a tertiary laboratory researching coronavirus, three people will get the flu in the same week, causing them to be hospitalized or severely ill. This is the same as the coronavirus, not related."
Prior to this, the United States, the European Union and other countries also called on WHO to conduct a more transparent investigation of the source of COVID-19 and obtain complete information on all relevant persons, animals and other aspects at the beginning of the epidemic.
News (27) to (32) / Reporter : Zhong Yuan / Editor : Gao Yi / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/21/5/23/n12970160.htm / Direct translation
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CCP media made up stories about the epidemic in mainland China
Image : On 17 May, an elderly man was tested for viral nucleic acid outside a hospital in Shenyang, Liaoning. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Lu'an, Anhui, Bayuquan, Yingkou, Liaoning, and Lantian, Shenzhen have been exposed to an epidemic, and the CCP can no longer cover it up. The CCP media had prepared a scapegoat for imported cases in advance, but now they continue to expose local cases but the CCP is still making up stories about the epidemic, and it continues to play the role of gangsters.
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Anhui Lu'an conducts the third round of full inspection
On 22 May, the CCP media Xinhua News Agency reported, "Why does Lu'an, Anhui carry out the third round of nucleic acid testing? Experts explain that the longest incubation period has not passed." According to the report, Lu'an carried out the third round of nucleic acid testing for all employees from 22 to 24 May, involving about 1.05 million people. It also stated that the first two rounds of testing had been completed, and the test results of people outside the isolation point were all negative.
If the first two rounds of testing really did not find a confirmed person, the reason for the third round of testing seems insufficient. Party media deliberately explained the reason, but revealed the truth. The report specifically emphasized that in the first two rounds of nucleic acid testing, all the test results of people outside the isolation point were negative. This should be the tricky place.
No matter who is tested positive, it can be regarded as the people in the isolation point, but the party media did not specify how many people there are in the isolation point, nor did it say where there is an isolation point and what standard is the isolation point.
The report also stated that, based on the test results and the expert group's consultation, it is determined that one to two asymptomatic infections are newly added every day in Lu'an.
It is difficult to know what kind of information experts have used to conclude that one or two asymptomatic infections are newly added every day. The world can draw such a precise conclusion, probably none other than the CCP experts.
The report also quoted experts as saying that the first confirmed case was reported on 13 May, based on the virus incubation period of about 1 to 14 days. The maximum incubation period has not yet passed, and monitoring needs to be continued.
The 14-day incubation period seems to be the best excuse for repeated full-staff testing. According to this theory, as long as there is a confirmed case in any place, all employees need to be tested continuously within 14 days. Outside of mainland China, no country seems to do this. Even in mainland China, it should not be done in all places. The theory of 14-day full inspection should be another great invention of the CCP to cover up the epidemic.
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Asymptomatic infected persons are released from quarantine early?
The Xinhua News Agency’s report, on the one hand, promoted the 14-day incubation period in a high-profile manner, but on the other hand, there was a big loophole. The report also said that as of 24:00 on the 21st, Lu'an had reported a total of 5 confirmed cases, 12 asymptomatic infections, and 1 suspected case. Among them, 1 confirmed case was discharged from hospital, and 1 asymptomatic infection was released from isolation.
The report just stated that Lu'an reported the first confirmed case on May 13. According to the quarantine regulations of at least 14 days, both confirmed and asymptomatic infected persons can only be lifted from the quarantine after May 27 at the earliest, but there are one asymptomatic infected person was released from quarantine early.
The most likely scenario is that the asymptomatic infected person was discovered before 7 May, and the 14-day quarantine period may not expire until 21 May.
Checking the website of the Lu'an Municipal Health Commission, confirmed cases were indeed notified on 13 May but there was no notification of the epidemic before 13 May and April. When the asymptomatic infected person who was released from isolation was discovered, it seems to be a mystery. The reports of the Chinese Communist Party's media inadvertently showed off.
Of course, the party media may continue to bring out experts and claim that this asymptomatic infected person has been determined to be non-infectious and does not need to comply with the 14-day quarantine rule, again creating a precedent for early release of quarantine.
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Experts once again acknowledge the problem of detection accuracy
The Xinhua News Agency report also quoted experts as saying that from the perspective of laboratory testing, the general test sensitivity is less than 100%, and there are false negative results, and positive specimens may be missed. By increasing the sampling frequency, the detection sensitivity can be improved and hidden dangers can be reduced.
This should be another major reason why Lu'an conducted the third round of full-staff testing. But what the experts said was very smooth, saying only that the detection sensitivity was less than 100%, and did not dare to disclose the true detection accuracy rate. The percentage should be really low, so it cannot be disclosed.
The report also borrowed the words of experts to explain that all-person testing can be divided into a broad sense and a narrow sense. The broad sense includes the general population and the isolated population within the scope of control. In a narrow sense, the close and sub-closed people in the isolation point are not within the detection range of all employees. There is a set of independent detection schemes, and the detection time and frequency are not exactly the same as those of the general population.
This passage roughly reveals that the so-called quarantine people are close and sub-closed people who have been in contact with confirmed or asymptomatic infected persons. The number of tests performed by these people obviously exceeded the three tests performed by all employees. The actual accuracy of the test can be seen, how many people have repeatedly been used as test objects!
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Xinhua News Agency wants to cover up
On 22 May, Xinhua News Agency also reported an alternative report on the outbreak in Bayuquan, Yingkou, Liaoning. It basically did not report the progress of the outbreak, but published "The Running "Baibai": Follow-up on the Killing of the Key Epidemic Control Area in Yingkou", which used the story of disinfection, trying to cover the real epidemic situation in Yingkou.
The long story revealed that "After the first round of nucleic acid testing for all employees in Bayuquan District, one day, Lao Yu was in the killing operation and suddenly ran into his wife who was waiting in line for nucleic acid testing." Lao Yu, who participated in the disinfection work, also said that in order to avoid contact with infection, "I have not been home for 8 days since the outbreak occurred."
These details show that Yingkou Bayuquan is still undergoing continuous full-staff testing, and the disinfected personnel have their homes and cannot return. It can be seen that the epidemic is still tight, but the party media are busy propagating touching stories.
On 22 May, Xinhua News Agency also reported the "Notice on Adjusting the Epidemic Risk Level of Jinlong Huixin Pavilion, Longjin Street, Liwan District, Guangzhou", stating that starting May 22, Jinlong Huixin Pavilion, Longjin Street, Liwan District, Guangzhou risk area is adjusted to the medium risk area.
This brief report has no details. It neither explains the reasons for the escalation, nor announces whether confirmed cases or asymptomatic infections have been found, and there is no reminder of precautions for self-protection. The understatement of the Chinese Communist Party media precisely reflects the tense situation of the epidemic in various places.
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Shenzhen's epidemic finally found a scapegoat from overseas
On 22 May, Xinhua News Agency also reported "One more case of asymptomatic infection of new coronary pneumonia in Shenzhen", reporting details of the epidemic infrequently, and specifically emphasized that on the 22nd, a new case of asymptomatic infection of new coronary pneumonia imported from abroad was added. Certainly, Mu, who was diagnosed with asymptomatic infection on 21 May, boarded the same international freighter for joint operations.
The Chinese Communist Party media finally caught news about imported cases in Shenzhen, but the report only stated that Xu and Mu had boarded the same international freighter for joint operations. It was initially determined that both were asymptomatically infected with inbound covid.
Xinhua News Agency did not say that it was a foreign freighter, but only an international freighter. It should still be a Chinese freighter operating international routes, or a Chinese freighter registered overseas. The owner, sailor or staff should be mainly Chinese nationals and deliberately called an international freighter. Inbound cases have been reported daily.
The report did not disclose whether these Chinese crew members were infected locally or were infected overseas and brought back to China. Therefore, the so-called overseas imported related cases is actually without basis.
On 23 May, Xinhua News Agency did not continue to report on the outbreaks in Lu'an, Anhui, Yingkou, Liaoning and Guangzhou, but again followed up and reported "Two new cases of asymptomatic infections imported from abroad in Shenzhen", again saying that Shenzhen Yantian Port added on 23 May two cases of asymptomatic infection associated with covid imported from abroad.
Obviously, the inbound cases attracted Xinhua News Agency. This report revealed the name of the international freighter: Oriental Vancouver. The Chinese name indicates that this is indeed a Chinese freighter, deliberately called an international freighter to confuse the public. The report also stated that the four persons concerned had a common history of exposure to overseas freighter workplaces, and none of them had any recent contact with persons with fever or cough symptoms, no history of eating game, no contact with frozen foods, and no contact with personnel from high-risk areas in China.
Xinhua News Agency has repeatedly ruled out the possibility of local infections, tried to use the method of exclusion, and stubbornly condemned overseas, but did not disclose any information about the source of infection. The number zero patient in various places has never been found. The CCP media does not care at all, and is still blaming and propagating anti-epidemic stories. The CCP’s epidemic prevention is indeed unusual in this world.
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