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News on Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, U.S., CCP, Israel, disease control
News (1) to (26) / Sources : Ministry of Defense of Russian Federation, The Epoch Times, Central News Agency, Daily Mail, NTD, Channel News Asia, etc / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/14/a103373130.html
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Russian Ministry of Defense: Destroyed the Antonov arsenal in Ukraine
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Konashenkov said that in the morning of 14 March, the Russian army attacked Ukrainian military infrastructure with high-precision weapons, and destroyed communications and broadcasts in residential areas such as Fedorov, Vinarov, and Antopol.
The attack destroyed the "Antonov" arsenal near Kyiv. This batch of Ukrainian arms was used to attack the rocket system deployed by the Russian army.
Konashenkov said that the Russian Ministry of Defense knows the location of all foreign mercenaries in Ukraine, and they will be targeted.
"Some Western governments at the national level encouraged their citizens to become Ukrainian mercenaries and participate in counterattacks against the Russian army. In the future, the full responsibility for the death of foreign citizens in Ukraine rests entirely with the leaders of these countries."
(Source: Official Bulletin of ВС России of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation)
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Official: U.S. communicated potential negative consequences of assisting Russian military to CCP China
After White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met in Rome on 14 March with Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, a senior Biden administration official said that the United States had communicated directly to CCP against potential negative outcomes for assisting Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
"We do have concerns about China's alliance with Russia at this time, and the National Security Adviser directly addressed those concerns and the potential impact and consequences of certain actions," the official said.
The official said that when speaking with JIechi about Ukraine, Sullivan explicitly mentioned "what are the risks going forward", and he specifically described the U.S. and its allies, including those in Europe and Asia, are united in punishing Russia.
"We are communicating directly and privately with China (CCP) to express our concerns that other countries may be providing Russia with all kinds of support," the official said.
A Western official and a U.S. diplomat told CNN that the U.S. has information that CCP China has expressed some degree of openness to providing Russia with the military and financial assistance it has requested.
However, U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence told CNN it was unclear whether CCP intended to provide Russia with military or financial aid as part of its war on Ukraine.
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Anti-war protesters interrupt Russian state TV news broadcast
At around 9.31 pm Moscow time, an anti-war protester holding a placard interrupted a news programme broadcast on Russia's main state television.
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First NATO member calls for no-fly zone in Ukraine
Estonia is the first NATO member to call for a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
"Parliament asks UN member states to take immediate measures to establish a no-fly zone to prevent large-scale civilian casualties in Ukraine," Estonia's parliament said in a statement on 14 March 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pleading with the United States and Western allies to impose a no-fly zone over the country.
However the 46th U.S. President Joe Biden and NATO ruled out that possibility, saying imposing a no-fly zone would lead to direct confrontation between the U.S. and NATO and Russia and would expand the conflict.
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Fox journalist injured in attack in Ukraine
On 14 March, Fox News reporter Benjamin. Benjamin Hall was injured in the attack while reporting outside the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and is currently in hospital.
"Earlier today, our reporter Benjamin Hall was injured during an interview outside Kyiv, Ukraine," Fox News Channel CEO Suzanne Scott said in a statement.
"We have the bare minimum of details right now. Ben is hospitalized. Our local teams are working hard to gather more information as the situation develops rapidly," he added.
Hall has been reporting for Fox News from Kyiv. Russian troops have been closing in on the city in recent weeks.
"The safety of our entire team of journalists in and around Ukraine is our number one priority, the most important," Scott said. "For all the journalists who risk their lives every day reporting from war zones, this is a a clear reminder."
"We will update everyone as we learn more. Please pray for Ben and his family," he added.
On the same day, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki, asked at a news conference about Hall's injury, said that the Biden administration's thoughts are "with him, his family and everyone on Fox News."
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U.S. defense official: Almost all Russian advances have stalled
A senior U.S. defense official said on 14 March that the advance of Russian troops in Ukraine was almost at a standstill.
According to Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin, the official added that Russian troops are now about nine miles from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and are believed to be trying to reach the city of Kharkiv and Mariupol. (Mariupol) to build a line of defense.
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UN Secretary-General: Nuclear war "possible" during Russia-Ukraine war
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has not ruled out the possibility of a nuclear war as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, warning that "horrific developments" are still possible.
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U.S. defense official: Russia has not gained air superiority over Ukraine
A senior U.S. defense official told reporters on Monday that Ukrainian airspace "remains hotly contested" and that Russia "has not achieved air superiority over the entire territory of Ukraine."
The official added that either Russia or Ukraine could "have the upper hand" "at certain times and places" due to "variables" in the airspace.
"The Russians do not have air superiority, but they do have more assets available, and they fly much more per day than the Ukrainians," the official added.
He also said that Ukraine's air program changes every day.
The official said Russian President Vladimir Putin had "invested 100 percent of his forces in Ukraine."
"He pitched everything in," he added.
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Israel: Will not provide any avenues to evade Western sanctions on Russia
Israeli Foreign Minister Lapid said during a visit to Slovakia on Monday that Israel would not provide any avenues for circumventing sanctions imposed on Russia by Western countries such as the United States.
Israel has yet to formally join the Western camp to jointly enforce sanctions against Russia.
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland on Friday warned Israel "not to be the last haven for the dirty money that fuels Putin's war."
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Zelenskyy addresses the U.S. Congress on 16 March 2022
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is addressing the full U.S. Congress this Wednesday morning. Zelenskyy will update the Senate and House of Representatives on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A few days ago, the U.S. Congress authorized some $14 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Pelosi and Schumer said in a letter to lawmakers that "Congress remains unwavering in its support for Ukraine as it faces Putin's brutal and vicious aggression." The report said that the US Congress will introduce more legislation to deal with Russia and aid Ukraine.
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Chernobyl nuclear power plant shuts down again
Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant has suffered another power outage, Ukraine's state energy company Ukrenergo said on 14 March.
"The Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the power lines in the town of Slavutych were damaged by the occupying forces," Ukrainian State Energy posted on its Facebook page.
Kyiv energy officials on 13 March called for international help to protect Ukraine's nuclear power facilities and set up a demilitarized zone around the site.
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Joe Biden may visit Europe
White House officials are having preliminary discussions about U.S. President Joe Biden's recent trip to Europe, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation, as Russia continues to invade Ukraine.
Recently, several senior aides including Kamala Harris of the United States and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken have all visited Europe.
No itinerary has yet been finalized or announced.
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Fourth round of Russia-Ukraine talks half-way suspended, to continue on 15 March 2022
During the fourth round of talks between Russia and Ukraine, Podoljak, a Ukrainian negotiator and adviser to the Director of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that the fourth round of Ukrainian-Russian negotiations has entered a suspended state, and the corresponding working group will complete a series of supplementary work in order the continue the fourth round of talks on 15 March 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier that the ongoing negotiations were difficult. Agence France-Presse believes that Zelenskyy's remarks allude to the possibility of a breakthrough.
Zelensky issued a video statement confirming that "difficult negotiations" with Russia are underway to find a diplomatic solution to the more than two weeks of Russian aggression against Ukraine. "Everyone is waiting for news," he said.
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Ukraine and Russia conduct the fourth round of negotiations, the Ukrainian representative said that the communication between the two sides was difficult
Ukrainian presidential adviser and negotiator Podoljako said on Twitter on the 14th that Ukraine and Russia have begun talks on the conflict over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. He said that communication between the two sides was difficult, but negotiations continued.
Mykhailo Podolyak, who attached a photo of the video talks, said: "Both sides actively expressed each other's clear positions. Communication is ongoing but difficult. The reason for the dispute is that the political system is too different."
Podoljako said earlier that today's fourth round of negotiations will focus on reaching a ceasefire, Russia's withdrawal of troops, and security assurances for Ukraine; he also said that Ukraine's position has not changed, and it still insists on a ceasefire before discussions can begin. relation.
Russia denies targeting civilians to attack, and the Kremlin claims it was a "special operation" to demilitarize and "denazify" Ukraine. Ukraine and its Western allies say Russia's claims are groundless and just a pretext for war.
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UN: 636 civilians killed in Ukraine, including 46 children as of 14 March 2022
At least 636 civilians, including 46 children, have been killed so far in Russia's ongoing incursion into Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Office announced on Monday.
More than 2.8 million people have fled the country, including 127,000 third-country nationals, and some 1.7 million have taken refuge in Poland, the United Nations said on Sunday.
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Germany forms sanctions working group
Germany is setting up a dedicated working group to ensure that EU sanctions against Russia and Belarus are effectively enforced.
The task force will be jointly overseen by the finance and economic ministries, Wolfgang Buechner, spokesman for Chancellor Olaf Scholz, told a regular government news conference in Berlin, and will start work this week.
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Kyiv residents were fatally shelled on Monday
Earlier in the day, an apartment building in Kyiv's Obolon district was hit, killing one person and injuring six others.
After the building was hit, not a single window was intact, and a staircase in the middle was completely destroyed and burned.
People living in the area were clearly in shock. Many cried and sought shelter from relatives and friends. A man and a woman who lived on the ninth floor of the building told CNN they were woken up by a sudden, loud explosion.
The building was on fire, and there was smoke everywhere, making it impossible to breathe.
They managed to escape using the stairs, but their 82-year-old relative, who lived in the worst part of the building, had to be evacuated from the roof.
Another attack took place on a road in Kurenivka, another residential area of Kyiv, killing one person and another, according to a statement issued by the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko. Six people were injured.
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Chechen strongman president filmed in Ukraine
Ramzan Kadyrov, accused of serious human rights violations by international NGO groups, posted a video on the messaging app Telegram on the 14th. The video shows him dressed in military uniform, surrounded by soldiers, studying battle plans at a table in his room .
He claimed the film was shot in the Ukrainian city of Hostomel. This is an airfield occupied by Russian forces within days of the invasion of Ukraine, near Kyiv.
His claims could not be independently verified, AFP reported.
"The other day we were only 20 km from the Nazis in Kyiv, and now we are even closer," Kadyrov wrote.
He demanded that the Ukrainian army surrender, "or it will be finished". "We will show you that Russian training is more capable of directing operations than foreign theoretical and military advisers."
Kadyrov, who ruled Chechnya with an iron fist, was a rebel turned Kremlin ally with a paramilitary force.
At the beginning of the Russian offensive, photos circulated on social media showing a square in the Chechen capital Grozny full of soldiers claiming they were heading for Ukraine.
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Possible talks between Putin and Zelenskyy
Russia has entered its 19th day of an all-out war against Ukraine. Negotiators from the two countries plan to meet again on Monday (14th), and both sides released an optimistic atmosphere before the meeting. The Russian side has not ruled out the possibility of talks between the two presidents.
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In which countries have more than 2.5 million Ukrainians fled their homes?
While many residents of central and eastern Ukraine have relocated to western Ukraine and away from the front lines, more than 2.5 million Ukrainians left the country entirely after the Russian invasion on 24 February, according to the latest UN estimates.
UNHCR Commissioner Filippo Grandi said on Sunday that the number of migrants constituted "the fastest-growing refugee crisis in Europe since World War II".
Most of those fleeing Ukraine were women and children. Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 were banned from leaving the country after the Ukrainian government imposed martial law.
As of Friday, more than 1.6 million Ukrainians crossed the border into Poland, the country by far the largest number of refugees, according to the UN refugee agency. More than 245,000 Ukrainians poured into Hungary, while more than 195,000 fled to Slovakia.
Moldova's foreign minister, Nicu Popescu, said on Sunday that more than 328,000 Ukrainian refugees had arrived in Moldova.
More than 173,000 Ukrainians have since fled to neighboring Romania, according to UNHCR.
Across Europe, countries including Germany, Austria, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Portugal and Sweden have reported thousands of Ukrainians arriving in their country.
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Thousands of demonstrators in Kherson
After a three-day siege, the Russian army captured the city of Kherson, which has a population of 290,000 and faces the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, on the 3rd of this month. The local broadcaster reported that thousands of people demonstrated peacefully today (14th) and were shot by the Russian army as a warning. The mayor of Kherson, Kerry Cave, said humanitarian aid in the city of Kherson has been cut off and resources are running out.
Kherson was the first major Ukrainian city to fall after the Russian invasion. Today marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Kherson from the Nazis.
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Kyiv official: 2 million citizens are hoarding basic food for two weeks
Officials in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv said on 14 March that they were stockpiling enough basic food for two weeks for the roughly 2 million citizens who were not evacuated to cope with a possible siege by Russian troops.
Meanwhile, a Ukrainian deputy prime minister said that Russia and Ukraine reached an agreement on Monday to set up 10 humanitarian corridors in some besieged cities so that civilians could evacuate safely.
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Ukraine war may worsen pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday it was concerned that the war in Ukraine could worsen the covid pandemic as it worked to do more to limit the spread of the virus.
Covid cases in the region have fallen from the previous week but there is a significant risk of more severe illness and death due to low vaccination rates in Ukraine and the flight of more than 2 million Ukrainians to neighboring countries, which countries are also areas with low vaccination rates.
According to Our World in Data (OWID), Ukraine's covi vaccination rate is around 34%, while neighboring Moldova's is around 29%.
A WHO outbreak report on Sunday said there were 791,021 new covid cases and 8,012 new deaths in Ukraine and surrounding countries between 3 and 9 March 2022.
A total of 791,021 new covid cases and 8,012 deaths were recorded in Ukraine and surrounding countries in the week of 3 to 9 Marc, a WHO situation report published on 13 March 2022 revealed.
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Russia-Ukraine new round of negotiations, both sides released optimistic signals before the meeting
Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that the Russian front is now approaching the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, and continues to bombard the besieged southeastern port city of Mariupol. According to local officials, there are nearly 2,200 people in Mariupol that lost their lives.
Both the Ukrainian presidential adviser and the Kremlin spokesman said that Russian and Ukrainian representatives will negotiate by video on 14 March. According to Ukrainian representative David Arakhamia, the talks will take place at 8:20 GMT on the 14th (4.20 pm Singapore time).
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier, "In these faltering and difficult negotiations, our goal remains the necessary outcome of peace and security."
In addition to saying that Russia and Ukraine maintain daily contact, he also said that "the goal is to do everything possible to facilitate the meeting between the presidents of the two countries, which must be something people are looking forward to."
Kyiv residential building attacked, Ukrainian TV reports 1 dead, 3 injured, officials say 2 dead
At least one was killed and three wounded when a residential building in the capital Kyiv was shelled on the morning of the 14th, Ukrainian state television reported.
Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry, said two people were killed and three were taken to hospital, Reuters reported.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service said the attack took place at 7.40 am local time, the BBC reported.
Photos shared by the emergency rescue service showed smoke billowing from the nine-story building as firefighters used long ladders to rescue residents.
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The new mayor of Ukraine's occupied city will launch a Russian TV channel
CNN reported that after Russia occupied the southeastern Ukrainian city of Melitopol, the new mayor, Galina Danilchenko (Galina Danilchenko), claimed on the 13th that the "Russian TV Channel" will be launched in the region because the city "is disseminating a serious lack of credible information."
The pro-Russian channel of instant messaging software Telegram and the government of the Ukrainian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region later posted a video of her televised speech on social media.
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Australia announces sanctions against Russian oligarchs, Taiwan's ASUS has begun withdrawing operations and personnel from Russia
The Australian government on 14 March 2022 announced new sanctions on 33 Russian oligarchs, prominent businessmen and their immediate family members.
The 33 sanctioned include: Chelsea Football Club boss Roman Abramovich, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller, Russia's largest airline One of the companies, Rossiya Chairman Dmitri Lebedev, Rostec Chairman Sergey Chemezov, Russian State-owned Development Bank (VEB, Vnesheconombank) Chairman Shuvalov (Igor Shuvalov) and Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF).
"The sanctions announced today reinforce Australia's commitment to sanctions against Russia," Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement. "It is aimed at those who have accumulated substantial personal wealth and are of economic and strategic importance to Russia, some of whom are associated with the Russian president. Vladimir-Putin is connected."
"Many of these oligarchs have facilitated or directly benefited from the Kremlin's illegal and irresistible actions against Ukraine since 2014."
This follows the US, UK, Canada, EU and New Zealand, and Australia has also imposed sanctions on key Russian figures.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Meihua said on 14 March 2022 that Taiwan's personal computer maker ASUS has begun to withdraw its business and personnel from Russia.
Last week, Ukraine's deputy prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, publicly called on computer giant ASUS in a tweet to not allow Russians to use "your superb technology."
ASUS said it "did not respond" to this, leading to a large number of users and netizens leaving messages on the company's website and strongly condemning it.
Russia's war on Ukraine is associated with many Taiwanese as the threat of force from mainland China.
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U.S. intelligence says Putin made a last-minute decision to invade Ukraine
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Vaccinated travelers are not required to be quarantined after arriving in South Korea from 21 March 2022
South Korea reported at least 344,000 new cases on 11 March 2022, a new high.
Although the epidemic remains high, South Korean boy band BTS is back on stage for the first time since the outbreak. The first performance in Seoul on 10 March was filled with tens of thousands of people and the audience was very excited.
Kwon Song-Yi, a Korean fan: "We have been waiting for this moment for a long time. I hope everyone will take precautions against the epidemic during the concert and enjoy it happily."
The authorities also announced that starting on 21 March 2022, entry regulations will be relaxed, and those who have received two doses of the vaccine will no longer need to be quarantined at home after entry.
South Korea's epidemic prevention department predicts that this wave of Omicron epidemic will peak next week.
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The White House extends mask mandate on public transport
Mask orders on public transport, planes, trains and subways originally expired in March. The White House plans to extend it until April 18, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
The Transportation Security Administration and the CDC said they would work with government agencies to develop new policies on when and under what circumstances to require masks.
Travelers have mixed opinions on extending the mask order.
Oregon traveler Susan Stabler said, "Don't like covid, it's dangerous. But I'm tired of wearing masks. If everyone's vaccinated, I don't really think masks are necessary."
Florida traveler Marcus Colon said, "As long as there are still people infected, I think it's still necessary to wear a mask."
Airlines and some officials believe this could be the last extension of the mask order.
Separately, United Airlines said on Thursday it would allow 2,200 unvaccinated employees to return to work.
According to the CDC, non-U.S. citizens must be fully vaccinated to enter the country.
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Djokovic remains unvaccinated
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic confirmed in a tweet on Thursday that he will not play in two U.S. Opens in California and Florida because he has not been vaccinated.
Djokovic said in February that his absence from games was a price he was willing to pay for his stance on vaccines.
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Important notice from the National Health and Medical Commission: Residents can purchase reagents for self-testing of novel coronavirus antigens
According to the National Health and Medical Commission, in order to further optimize the detection strategy of the novel coronavirus, according to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, the comprehensive group of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council has decided to promote the monitoring mode of "antigen screening and nucleic acid diagnosis", and increase the number of nucleic acid tests based on nucleic acid detection. Antigen testing as a supplement. Recently, the Mechanism Comprehensive Team formulated and issued the "Novel Coronavirus Antigen Detection Application Plan (Trial)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan").
The "Plan" stipulates the applicable population of antigen testing: first, those who go to primary medical and health institutions for treatment, with symptoms such as respiratory tract and fever, and have symptoms within 5 days; Personnel in close contact, entry quarantine observation, closed and controlled areas, and control areas; the third is community residents who need antigen self-testing. At the same time, the main conditions that need to be met for antigen testing for three groups of people and the channels for obtaining testing reagents have been clarified, and the disposal management process after positive testing has been formulated to promote the connection between antigen testing and nucleic acid testing. In order to facilitate the standardized testing in various places, the "Plan" also includes two annexes, namely the basic requirements and procedures for the novel coronavirus antigen detection in primary medical and health institutions, and the basic requirements and procedures for the novel coronavirus antigen self-testing.
It should be noted that nucleic acid detection is still the basis for the diagnosis of novel coronavirus infection, and antigen detection can be used as a supplementary method to screen specific groups of people, which is conducive to improving the ability of "early detection". Primary medical and health institutions that have nucleic acid testing capabilities should prefer nucleic acid testing; those who do not have nucleic acid testing capabilities may conduct antigen testing, and provide training for medical staff and communication and guidance for patients. Isolation observers and community residents should carefully read the instructions and standardize their operations for antigen testing. Once the antigen test is positive, they should immediately report to the relevant departments; when necessary, nucleic acid testing should be carried out to confirm.
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Novel coronavirus antigen detection application scheme
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In order to guide the scientific and rational application of the new coronavirus antigen detection in various places, standardize the disposal management after positive antigen detection, and further improve the ability of "early detection", this plan is specially formulated.
1. Applicable people for antigen testing
(1) Persons who go to primary medical and health institutions for treatment, have respiratory symptoms, fever and other symptoms and have symptoms within 5 days.
(2) Isolation and observation personnel, including those in home isolation observation, close contact and sub-close contact, entry isolation observation, closed area and control area.
(3) Community residents who need antigen self-testing.
2. Application of antigen detection in primary medical and health institutions
When primary medical and health institutions admit people with respiratory symptoms, fever and other symptoms within 5 days of onset of symptoms, institutions with nucleic acid detection capabilities should first conduct nucleic acid testing; those without nucleic acid detection capabilities should conduct antigen testing.
(1) The main conditions to be met. In order to ensure quality and safety and avoid cross-infection between doctors and patients, primary medical and health institutions must meet the following conditions for antigen testing at the same time: 1. Sample collection and testing personnel should undergo biosafety training and technical operation training, and pass the assessment. 2. Have appropriate equipment such as biological safety cabinets, and protect medical personnel during the testing process. 3. The testing operation should be carried out in a relatively independent and well-ventilated space; primary medical and health institutions with laboratory conditions are encouraged to carry out testing operations in the laboratory. 4. Establish the reporting, transport system and work flow for persons with positive antigen test.
(2) Handling of test results.
1. For those who are positive in the antigen test, the primary medical and health institutions should immediately report to the disease control department in their jurisdiction, and the emergency center will transfer the antigen-positive people to the medical institutions with fever clinics for nucleic acid testing in accordance with the guidelines for the transfer of people related to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic.
2. For those with negative antigen test, primary medical and health institutions should give symptomatic treatment, instruct them to observe at home, conduct antigen test once a day for 5 consecutive days from the day of consultation, avoid social activities, wear masks correctly, wash hands frequently and ventilate frequently. If the antigen result remains negative until the symptoms disappear, other intervention measures may not be taken. Once the antigen result is positive, the positive person must immediately report to the community (village) where they live, and the community (village) will contact the emergency center to transfer them to a medical institution with a fever clinic for nucleic acid testing in accordance with the guidelines for the transfer of personnel related to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic; Sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. used by positive persons are put into sealed bags and transported to medical institutions for disposal as medical waste.
(3) Provision of detection reagents. Antigen detection reagents equipped by primary medical and health institutions are included in centralized bidding and procurement, and the price of testing reagents can be continuously reduced and the burden of testing costs can be reduced through centralized procurement at the provincial level.
3. Application of Antigen Detection for Isolated Observers
Personnel in home isolation observation, close contact and sub-close contact, entry isolation observation, closed control area and control area shall be organized and managed by relevant management departments (such as communities, villages and towns, isolation points, etc.). During the quarantine and observation period, nucleic acid testing shall be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the current relevant prevention and control plans, and antigen self-tests shall be carried out once a day for the first 5 days.
(1) The main conditions to be met. The following conditions must be met at the same time for the isolation and observation personnel to conduct antigen testing: 1. Establish an antigen self-testing management process, including the collection of antigen testing reagents, personnel information verification, testing process supervision, and result reporting, etc. 2. Isolation observers need to read the instructions carefully, follow the prescribed requirements and procedures, and conduct operations such as sampling, sample addition, and result interpretation in a standardized manner; the management department with conditions should supervise and manage the testing process to ensure that the testing results are authentic and credible. 3. Do a good job in waste disposal. Sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. after the test are used, regardless of whether the result is negative or positive, are put into a sealed bag and disposed of by management personnel in accordance with medical waste or according to procedures.
(2) Handling of test results. If the antigen test is positive, nucleic acid test must be carried out immediately to confirm.
(3) Provision of detection reagents. The management departments (such as communities, villages and towns, isolation points, etc.) that organize isolation and observation are responsible for the procurement, distribution, and management of antigen detection reagents.
4. Application of Antigen Detection for Community Residents
Community residents who have self-test needs can purchase antigen test reagents for self-test through retail pharmacies, online sales platforms and other channels.
(1) Matters needing attention. In order to ensure the quality of sampling and testing, residents need to read the instructions carefully, and carry out operations such as sampling, adding samples, and interpretation of results in a standardized manner according to the prescribed requirements and procedures.
(2) Handling of test results.
1. If the antigen test is positive, regardless of whether there are symptoms of respiratory tract, fever, etc., the residents should immediately report to the community (village) where they live, and the community (village) will contact the emergency center to transfer the residents to the setting according to the guidelines for the transfer of personnel related to the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. Nucleic acid testing is carried out in medical institutions in fever clinics. Sampling swabs, sampling tubes, test cards, etc. used by positive persons are put into sealed bags and transported to medical institutions for disposal as medical waste.
2. If the antigen test is negative, asymptomatic residents can be closely observed, and antigen test or nucleic acid test can be carried out when necessary; symptomatic residents are advised to go to a medical institution with a fever clinic as soon as possible to conduct nucleic acid test; if it is inconvenient to seek medical treatment, then You should self-isolate at home, avoid going out, and take an antigen self-test every day for 5 consecutive days.
5. Confirmation of nucleic acid detection
Nucleic acid testing is the basis for the diagnosis of novel coronavirus infection. In the process of nucleic acid test confirmation, if the nucleic acid test is positive, regardless of whether the antigen test result is positive or negative, corresponding measures will be taken according to the novel coronavirus infection or confirmed new coronary pneumonia patient; if the nucleic acid test is negative but the antigen test is positive, it will be deemed as Those infected with the new coronavirus should take measures such as centralized isolation, close observation, and continuous nucleic acid testing.
6. Personnel training, publicity and education
In the process of applying antigen testing, all localities should do a good job in the training of medical staff in primary medical and health institutions, so that they can fully grasp the characteristics and operation points of antigen testing, so as to ensure accurate and reliable testing results, and provide patients and residents with relevant information on antigen testing. Knowledge dissemination and education. When conducting antigen self-tests, the public should carefully follow the relevant basic requirements and procedures, and conduct nucleic acid tests to confirm when necessary.
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CCP China's epidemic spreads to 27 provinces, Jilin "province lockdown" and many cities are locked down
Image : On 14 March 2022, a large number of police officers in protective clothing are on duty in a blockade area in Shanghai. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
The outbreak of the epidemic in CCP China has spread to at least 27 provinces. Jilin Province announced a "province locked down" on 14 March 2022, Shenzhen and Dongguan in Guangdong Province announced the closure of the city, and Shanghai was also in a state of soft lockdown, and all passenger transport was suspended.
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Jilin "province lockdown"
The Jilin provincial government announced on 14 March that it will "prohibit the movement of people in the province across provinces and regions" from now on to reduce the spillover and spread of the epidemic, and the province's 24 million people have been banned.
This is the second case of a province-wide lockdown in China since Hubei shut down the province when the CCP virus first broke out in 2020.
Image : In the evening of 11 March 2022, in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province, a resident is sampled for a covi nucleic acid test. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
Nearly 80% of the infected people in this round of epidemic in Jilin Province came from Jilin City. All communities in the city have been closed, and highways and trains have been suspended. Jilin City announced on the 12th that it is stepping up the construction of the fourth makeshift hospital, and the three previously established makeshift hospitals have all been put into use.
A cluster of infections broke out in Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology College, and students went online to ask for help, causing a sensation. Currently, all universities in Jilin implement closed management.
Changchun also implemented closed management on 11 March. Office personnel worked from home, enterprises and institutions stopped operations; and all non-essential flows were stopped.
Due to the out-of-control epidemic, several officials including Jilin Mayor Wang Lu, Changchun Jiutai District Mayor Li Xin, and Changchun Health Commission Secretary Gao Yutang were dismissed.
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Shenzhen and Dongguan are locked down
The epidemic in China runs through the north and south, and two cities in Guangdong Province have also been closed one after another. The Dongguan government announced on 14 March 142022 that the city would be closed for 7 days until 12 am of 20 March. From 8 am on the 14th, all buses and subways in the city are temporarily suspended, and all communities and villages (communities) are managed by enclosure, with 24-hour staff on duty, and non-community personnel are prohibited from entering.
The city's factories, enterprises and industrial parks fully implement closed management; in principle, commercial companies work from home. The city suspends all non-essential flows, and conducts multiple rounds of nucleic acid testing for all staff at the same time.
The Dongguan government also requires citizens not to leave unless necessary, and those who must leave must present a negative 24-hour nucleic acid test certificate.
Image : On 14 March 2022, Shenzhen residents lined up for nucleic acid testing. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
The day before, Shenzhen announced in the evening of 13 March that the city would be closed for 7 days. From the 14th, public transportation in the city will be suspended, and the city will implement closed management.
All buses and subways in Shenzhen have been suspended, and community communities, urban villages, and industrial parks are under closed management. People in the city will not leave unless necessary. If there are special needs, they must provide a 24-hour nucleic acid negative certificate before leaving the country.
Shenzhen will carry out three rounds of nucleic acid testing. Except for the necessary epidemic prevention tasks and people's livelihood, all enterprises, government agencies and institutions will work from home.
The closure measures in Shenzhen are tentatively scheduled to end on March 20, and will be dynamically adjusted according to the needs of epidemic prevention.
Shenzhen has a permanent population of about 17.56 million. According to online sources, the closure of the city in Shenzhen has caused people to frantically rush for shopping, and many supermarkets have been snapped up.
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Shanghai shuts down all passenger transport in disguised form
In addition, the epidemic situation in Shanghai is also heating up rapidly, and nearly 200 communities have found the epidemic. Shanghai University implemented closed management, with primary and secondary schools suspending classes and switching to online teaching.
The video posted on the Internet shows that the makeshift hospital built on the south side of Shanghai Jiading Circuit is nearing completion.
Image : On 14 March 2022, in a blockade area in Shanghai, policemen wearing protective clothing are on duty. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
Shanghai officials issued a notice late at night on the 12th, requiring citizens not to leave Shanghai unless necessary, and those who leave Shanghai must hold a nucleic acid test report within 48 hours. All passenger stations in Shanghai will be suspended from the 14th.
CCTV News reported on 14 March 2022 that the relevant person in charge of the National Health and Health Commission introduced that the current domestic epidemic in China has spread to 27 provinces across the country, showing the characteristics of many points, wide areas and high frequency.
As of 14 March 2022, Cangzhou in Hebei, Qinghe in Xingtai, Weihai in Shandong, Kaihua in Zhejiang and other places have also entered a state of quasi-city closure, prohibiting the random movement of people. Although these areas have adopted similar measures to close the city, the official has not officially recognized the lockdown of the city.
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Genetic sequencing confirms the existence of Deltacron strains, multiple countries report cases
Reporter : Tang Di / Editor: Xu Gengwen / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/03/14/a103373638.html
U.S. media disclosed that French scientists have confirmed the existence of a new mutant strain of Deltacron through genome sequencing, and related cases have been reported in many European countries and the United States before. Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) also low-key acknowledged the existence of this variant but stressed that the strain has not been found to be more harmful than other variants.
According to a report by the US "livescience" website on 11 March, researchers from the IHU Méditerranée Infection in Marseille, France, published a paper on the medical research paper preprint website medRxiv on 8 March. They confirmed through genome sequencing that the new variant strain generated by combining the mutations of the new coronavirus variant Delta and Omicron does exist, and related cases have been reported in Europe and the United States.
According to Reuters, Helix, a California-based genetic research company, has found two cases of infection with this variant in the United States; and the "Guardian" has also reported that about 30 such cases have also been found in the United Kingdom; Data provided by the Global Shared Influenza Database (GISAID) confirmed that Deltacron-related cases were also found in Denmark and the Netherlands. GISAID said the new variant may have been circulating in the population since January this year.
The French researchers point out in their paper that the new variant of Deltacron is produced by recombination, and when Delta and Omicron infect a patient at the same time, the genetic material is exchanged to produce new offspring. The "backbone" of the now-discovered Deltacron variant comes from the Delta variant, and its spike protein -- the protein that enables the virus to enter host cells -- comes from the Omicron variant.
Scientists in Cyprus first reported cases of a mixed variant of Deltacron in January 2022 but at the time, some virus experts publicly denied the existence of the new variant, which netizens dubbed the "dual poison in one," insisting that, in their view, the so-called new strains were just the result of laboratory contamination.
Since then, some Indian media have also reported that cases of Deltacron variant infection have been found in India and other countries but no more well-known virus experts have come forward to confirm these claims. The above report from France is the first time that a team of infectious disease experts has publicly confirmed the existence of this type of mutant strain.
WHO chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan tweeted on 8 March, "We already know that recombination events can occur in humans or animals when multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants are circulating. Now, we need to wait for experiments to determine the characteristics of this new variant.” It is believed to be a low-key acknowledgment of the existence of new variants such as Deltacron.
Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead on COVID-19, told reporters at a recent briefing, "Unfortunately, we did foresee that we might see a recombined virus because that's the nature of viruses, they change over time." She added: "This outbreak is far from over."
However, Kerkhove also emphasized that so far, experts have not found that patients infected with the Deltacron mixed virus have any different symptoms, and there is no indication that the Deltacron mixed virus causes more severe infection symptoms.
According to a report by the English Epoch Times on 13 March, a research report obtained by the media shows that between November 2021 and February 2022, scientists from Helix in the United States and the University of Washington Medical Center (University of Washington Medical Center) and a peer collaboration at Thermo Fisher Scientific, which sequenced 29,719 samples, identified 20 cases of "co-infection" with the Delta and Omicron variants, and two additional cases identified as novel variants arising from Delta and Omicron recombination cases of body infection. Experts from the research team plan to publish the report as a preprint on MedRxiv in the coming days.
The researchers were supported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health, the report said.
The Epoch Times reached out to Cornell University virologist John Moore for comment on the news, and Moore responded by email, although both the U.S. and French teams said that their findings were plausible but he was not sure if the recently reported hybrid new variants actually existed. In any case, he said, there is no reason to be concerned right now.
"What's the point of worrying? What comes up. But I need to see more than just focus on another 'horrible' story." Moore said.
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The United States, CCP China, and the high-level leaders have had 7 hours of intense talks about the situation in the Taiwan Strait. Concerned about the situation in the Taiwan Strait
As the war between Russia and Ukraine continues, high-level leaders of the United States and CCP China met in Rome on 14 March 2022. Senior U.S. officials said after the meeting that the two sides had seven hours of intense and candid talks that touched on a number of issues, including U.S. concerns about the CCP-Russia alliance and Beijing’s provocative actions in the Taiwan Strait.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met with Yang Jiechi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, in Rome, accompanied by State Department Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific Daniel Kritenbrink.
As CCP continues to maintain an ambiguous attitude towards Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the outside world speculates that the situation in Russia and Ukraine should be the main focus of the talks.
An unnamed senior U.S. official said at a media briefing after the meeting that Sullivan and Yang Jiechi had seven hours of intense and candid talks, reflecting the seriousness of the current situation and their commitment to maintaining open channels of communication.
According to the U.S. official, the talks between the two touched on a range of topics, including U.S.-CCP competition, the situation in Russia and Ukraine, the escalating situation in North Korea, and CCP’s provocative actions in the Taiwan Strait.
In the U.S.-CCP China competition section, U.S. officials pointed out that the two sides discussed how to manage strategic risks to ensure that the U.S.-CCP China competition does not turn into a conflict, a continuation of the video summit between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping last November. dialogue.
In response to the situation in the Taiwan Strait, officials said Sullivan reiterated the U.S. "one-China policy" based on the Taiwan Relations Act, the three U.S.-China communiqués and six guarantees, and expressed the U.S. side's concern over Beijing's provocative actions in the Taiwan Strait.
On the day of the high-level meeting between the United States and China, many media quoted unnamed U.S. officials as pointing out that Russia had requested military and economic assistance from CCP but the official who attended the briefing declined to confirm or comment, only stressing that the U.S. is deeply concerned about the CCP-Russia alliance, and Sullivan expressed it directly to Yang Jiechi during the meeting, and explained the potential consequences of Beijing's "specific actions".
As for whether the talks were held in response to the situation in Russia and Ukraine, officials attending the briefing denied that the talks had been planned for a long time and started after the Biden-Xi video conference in November 2022. (Central News Agency)
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