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Two Chinese cities report new Omicron subtypes
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Two Chinese cities, Suzhou and Dalian, have reported two new Omicron subtypes.
A new subtype of the highly transmissible Omicron variant has been found near Shanghai, where residents are currently under a lockdown.
The new covi variant subtype was reported by municipal authorities in Suzhou, a city that borders Shanghai, on 2 April 2022. The strain was isolated from a local infected patient with the surname Yang in Changshu City, Suzhou, on 28 March 2022.
Municipal officials said the isolated virus had evolved from the BA.1.1 branch of the Omicron variant. What is more, the subtype did not match other covi variants already found in China, nor those found in the public virus tracking database GISAID.
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New covi strain subtype found in Dalian evolves from BA.2
Meanwhile, health officials in Dalian, a port city in northeastern China’s Liaoning Province, also found a new subtype from a local infected patient on 1 April 2022, according to China’s state-run media. The strain was said to not match any covi variant found in China and had evolved from the BA.2 branch of the Omicron variant.
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BA.1, BA.1.1 and BA.2 the most common lineages of Omicron
Since the onset of the covid pandemic, there are now thousands of covi variants around the world. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), BA.1, BA.1.1, and BA.2 are the three most common lineages of the Omicron variant.
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BA.2 is "the predominant variant" of the world
The World Health Organization (WHO), in its weekly epidemiological report published on 22 March 2022, declared that BA.2 had become “the predominant variant” around the world. The BA.2 stain has been nicknamed the “stealth variant” because it contains mutations that make it harder to detect.
The BA.1 strain was responsible for a large number of infections in the United States in late 2021. Now, BA.2, which is known to be more transmissible than BA.1 and BA.1.1, makes up the majority of new infections (54.9 percent) in the United States, the CDC announced on 29 March 2022.
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The total number of medical teams in Shanghai is about 10,000, and some of them have been stationed in square cabin hospitals
Recently, the current round of the covid epidemic in Shanghai has touched people's hearts. According to consolidated reports by XinhuaNet, People's Daily and NTD, multiple medical staff from all over the country on charter flights rushed to Shanghai to urgently help Shanghai medical teams.
From the afternoon to the evening of 3 April 2022, following the control order of the Pudong Tower of the East China Air Traffic Management Bureau, 9 medical team on chartered flights from Henan, Hainan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hunan and other provinces arrive in Shanghai Pudong International Airport one after another.
These chartered flights carry medical staff and nucleic acid testing materials from the four provinces of Hainan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Hunan to support Shanghai. Among them, there are more than 900 medical and nursing teams from Hainan alone, and they are carried by 4 Hainan Airlines' flights.
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1,500 Henan-aided Shanghai medical personnel arrived at Hongqiao Airport on 8 chartered flights
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In the afternoon of 3 April 2022, the chartered flight of the Henan medical team from Zhengzhou, Henan, landed at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and a total of 8 chartered flights from Henan have arrived at Hongqiao Airport on 3 April, carrying 1,511 medical staff. Staff and materials needed for nucleic acid testing to support Shanghai's fight against the epidemic travel to Shanghai Hongqiao by West Air flights PN6801, PN6803, PN6805, PN6807, PN6809, PN6811, PN6813 and PN6815.
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CAAC Hainan Air Traffic Control Branch fully guarantees the medical team's flight to Shanghai
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On the basis of ensuring the "safe travel of passengers", the Hainan Air Traffic Control Branch of CAAC made every effort to ensure that the wide-body passenger plane of Hainan Airlines taken by the anti-epidemic medical team arrived at Shanghai Pudong Airport on 3 April, and provided priority control services for the flight. There were 4 transport missions (HU8005, HU8006, HU8007 and HU8008), and 908 medical team members flew to Shanghai.They came from 38 hospitals in Hainan province covering all departments of their hospitals.
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Jiangsu Province sent 7,500 sampling team members to Shanghai on 4 April 2022
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The members of the sampling team carrying out nucleic acid testing came from the provincial hospitals in Jiangsu Province and hospitals in 11 provincial cities including Nanjing, Suzhou and Nantong. The sampling teams set off one after another last night or early this morning by bus and are expected to arrive in Shanghai this morning.
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Zhejiang is in Shanghai for the fifth time!
In the early morning of 4 April 2022, 7261 medical staff from Zhejiang Province go to Shanghai to support Shanghai to carry out nucleic acid screening of all staff. They come from 8 cities including Hangzhou and Ningbo and 9 provincial hospitals
This is Zhejiang Province's fifth trip to Shanghau to carry out nucleic acid sampling since 28 March. Up to now, a total of 2.79 million local samples have been sampled.
In addition, more than 1500 members of the Zhejiang Provincial Aid Shanghai square cabin hospital medical team arrived in Shanghai on 3 April to start work.
Another 84 hemodialysis specialist nurses providing hemodialysis services have been carried out in three hemodialysis centres.
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Tianjin medical teams in Shanghai
On 3 April, 1,500 medical team members from Tianjin to Shanghai arrived in Shanghai
Including 250 doctors and 1,250 nurses, they will go to Shanghai square cabin hospital for follow-up work, and there will also be 500 medical staff. The formed nucleic acid sampling team also went to Shanghai for support.
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On 3 April, Hubei medical team assisting Shanghai
The first batch of more than 1,000 square cabin medical teams and more than 200 nucleic acid testing teams arrived in Shanghai. The medical team members from 15 provincial and provincial medical institutions and 35 Wuhan medical institutions were composed of Xiangyang, Jingzhou, Shiyan and Xianning Enshi. Huangshi and other regional medical institutions are recruited to form all team members who have participated in the front-line anti-epidemic in Wuhan or Hubei.
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On 3 April, Jiangxi sent 1,020 medical staff to help Shanghai
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These medical staff are mainly specialized in respiratory and critical care medicine, infectious disease department of critical care medicine, hospital infection management department and other medical teams. Each team member is equipped with protective materials for 15 days.
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On 3 April, Shandong Province selected more than 1,100 people
Medical personnel and nucleic acid testing personnel from Shandong rushed to Shanghai medical team covering medical, nursing, hospital sense, disinfection, management and other majors.
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Shaanxi majors in nucleic acid detection
On 3 April 2022, the first batch of nucleic acid detection support teams of Shaanxi depart for Shanghai. After arriving in Shanghai, 180 team members will support Shanghai Zhijiang Inspection and Testing Laboratory to do nucleic acid testing work.
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Medical staff of Guangdong in Shanghai
On 3 April, Guangdong Province supported the Shanghai nucleic acid testing team with 300 medical staff in Shanghai.
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Anhui expertise first arrived in Shanghai on 2 April 2022
The medical staff of the Shanghai-aid medical team went to Shanghai from Hefei, Bengbu and other places. Before that, 1,030 medical staff had arrived in Shanghai in advance to support nucleic acid sampling in Shanghai.
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Shanghai unable to cope with covid storm, PLA in the fight against covid in Shanghai
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According to the People's Liberation Army Daily, on 3 April 2022, the army recruited more than 2,000 medical personnel to support Shanghai in the prevention and control of the epidemic. The medical team selected this time comes from 7 medical units belonging to the army, navy and joint logistics support force. Upon arrival, they will quickly carry out medical treatment and nucleic acid testing. It is reported that 5 Y-20 large transport planes, 1 Il-76 and 1 Y-9 transport plane landed at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport to perform transport tasks last night.
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Shanghai added 425 confirmed + 8581 asymptomatic infections of covid
From 0 to 24:00 on 3 April 2022, there were 425 new confirmed cases of local novel coronavirus pneumonia (covid) and 8,581 asymptomatic infections, of which 71 confirmed cases were the return of previously asymptomatic infections, and 7 confirmed cases and 7,920 without symptoms. Those infected with symptoms were found in isolation and control, and the rest were found in the investigation of relevant risk groups. There were 8 new confirmed cases of inbound covid cases and 4 asymptomatic infections, all of which were found in closed-loop control.
425 cases in Shanghai, including 141 in Pudong New Area, 65 in Minhang District, 34 in Xuhui District, 31 in Baoshan District, 29 in Yangpu District, 28 in Jing'an District, 21 in Putuo District, 16 in Huangpu District, 15 in Changning District, 14 in Jiading District, 11 in Hongkou District, 8 in Songjiang District, 5 in Fengxian District, 3 in Jinshan District, 3 in Qingpu District, and 1 in Chongming District.
There were 8,581 cases in Shanghai, including 3,529 in Pudong New Area, 869 in Minhang District, 813 in Huangpu District, 464 in Xuhui District, 431 in Baoshan District, 410 in Jiading District, 344 in Yangpu District, 315 in Jing'an District, and 304 in Putuo District. 258 in Songjiang District, 217 in Qingpu District, 178 in Hongkou District, 143 in Chongming District, 117 in Fengxian District, 99 in Jinshan District, and 90 in Changning District.
Shanghai is conducting a city-wide nucleic acid test on 4 April 2022.
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CCP China only reported 1366+11771 in total on 4 April 2022
From 0 to 24:00 on 3 April 2022, 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 1,366 new confirmed local covid cases incuding the 425 confirmed cases in Shanghai. The distribution is as follows:
There were 836 cases in Jilin, including 574 in Changchun, 244 in Jilin, 10 in Baicheng, 5 in Siping, and 3 in Baishan;
There are 16 cases in Fujian, including 13 in Quanzhou and 3 in Xiamen;
15 cases in Heilongjiang, including 12 in Harbin, 2 in Daqing, and 1 in Jiamusi;
10 cases in Jiangsu, including 7 in Yancheng, 1 in Nanjing, 1 in Xuzhou, and 1 in Suqian;
10 cases in Sichuan, including 9 in Chengdu and 1 in Leshan;
8 cases in Zhejiang, including 3 in Ningbo, 2 in Hangzhou, 1 in Wenzhou, 1 in Jiaxing, and 1 in Huzhou;
7 cases in Qinghai, including 5 in Xining and 2 in Haidong;
6 cases in Shandong, including 3 in Qingdao, 2 in Jinan, and 1 in Yantai;
6 cases in Hainan, including 2 in Haikou, 2 in Sanya, and 2 in Qionghai;
5 cases in Guangdong, including 4 in Guangzhou and 1 in Zhuhai;
4 cases in Shanxi, all in Taiyuan;
4 cases in Anhui, including 3 cases in Fuyang City and 1 case in Huainan City;
There are 16 cases in Fujian, including 13 in Quanzhou and 3 in Xiamen;
15 cases in Heilongjiang, including 12 in Harbin, 2 in Daqing, and 1 in Jiamusi;
10 cases in Jiangsu, including 7 in Yancheng, 1 in Nanjing, 1 in Xuzhou, and 1 in Suqian;
4 cases in Jiangxi, including 2 in Nanchang, 1 in Fuzhou, and 1 in Shangrao;
3 cases in Hebei, all in Handan;
2 cases in Henan, including 1 in Zhengzhou and 1 in Huaxian;
2 cases in Guizhou, both in the Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of southwestern Guizhou;
1 case in Beijing, in Daxing District;
1 case in Hunan, in Loudi City;
1 case in Shaanxi, in Xi'an.
There are 163 confirmed cases from asymptomatic infections (71 in Shanghai, 68 in Jilin, 11 in Fujian, 3 in Anhui, 3 in Sichuan, 2 in Zhejiang, 2 in Shandong, 2 in Guangdong, and 1 in Hainan).
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Distribution of remaining 3190 new local asymptomatic infections
There were 11,771 new local asymptomatic infections including 8,581 cases in Shanghai, and the distribution of other 3190 asymptomatic infection cases is as follows:
There were 2742 cases in Jilin, including 2346 cases in Changchun, 393 cases in Jilin City, 2 cases in Baicheng, and 1 case in Baishan City;
108 cases in Hebei, including 54 cases in Handan, 53 cases in Baoding, and 1 case in Xingtai;
69 cases in Anhui, including 51 in Huainan, 13 in Fuyang, 3 in Wuhu, 1 in Hefei, and 1 in Ma'anshan;
49 cases in Jiangsu, including 19 cases in Suqian, 11 cases in Suzhou, 10 cases in Yancheng, 6 cases in Nantong, and 3 cases in Xuzhou;
39 cases in Liaoning, including 30 in Shenyang, 7 in Yingkou, and 2 in Anshan;
39 cases in Jiangxi, including 33 in Nanchang, 3 in Fuzhou, and 3 in Shangrao;
26 cases in Fujian, including 25 in Quanzhou and 1 in Fuzhou;
21 cases in Hainan, including 20 in Sanya and 1 in Haikou;
20 cases in Henan, including 13 cases in Zhoukou, 3 cases in Zhengzhou, 3 cases in Yongcheng, and 1 case in Xinyang ;
There are 13 cases in Shandong, including 6 cases in Linyi, 3 cases in Zaozhuang, 2 cases in Jinan, and 2 cases in Heze;
There are 10 cases in Zhejiang, including 6 cases in Jiaxing, 2 cases in Wenzhou, 1 case in Hangzhou, and 1 case in Ningbo;
9 cases in Heilongjiang, including 5 in Jiamusi and 4 in Harbin;
9 cases in Hubei, including 4 in Suizhou, 2 in Huangshi, 2 in Jingzhou, and 1 in Wuhan;
9 cases in Guangdong, including 4 in Dongguan, 2 in Guangzhou, 1 in Zhuhai, 1 in Foshan, and 1 in Zhaoqing;
9 cases in Sichuan, including 4 in Chengdu, 3 in Leshan, 1 in Ziyang, and 1 in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture;
6 cases in Xinjiang, including 4 cases in Bayingoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and 2 cases in Urumqi;
3 cases in Yunnan, including 2 cases in Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture and 1 case in Kunming;
3 cases in Gansu, all in Lanzhou;
2 cases in Tianjin, both in Nankai District;
2 cases in Hunan, both in Changsha;
1 case in Shanxi, in Taiyuan;
1 case in Chongqing, in Nan'an District.
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City-wide nucleic acid testing in Shenyang
From 9 am on 4 April 2022, Shenyang, Liaoning Province is carrying out nucleic acid testing and sampling work for all employees throughout the city.
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Risk status adjusted in Hebei
From 3 April 2022, Ouyuncheng Community, Shengfang Town, Bazhou City, Langfang City, Hebei Province was adjusted to a high-risk area, and Chuxi Village, Yangfengang Town, Bazhou City, was adjusted to a medium-risk area. .
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CCP continues to under-report confirmed covid cases
CCP initially treated asymptomatic infections as part of confirmed cases when the Wuhan epidemic broke out in late 2019 but the National Health Commission decided to separate asymptomatic infections from confirmed covid cases in March 2020 to lower the number of confirmed cases and declare CCP China as the victor of the epidemic. Many asymptomatic cases turned confirmed cases were under-reported.
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The CCP has always concealed the truth of the epidemic
According to an analysis report of a new model to assess the mortality rate of covid developed by the British news review publication The Economist, in fact, by the end of 2021, the true death toll in China is not 4,636, but about 1.7 million people. The CCP has concealed 367 times the number it admits. Today's epidemic figures in the CCP are no exception, and the actual situation is much more serious but if the covi variant in Shanghai is only Omicron, the mortality rate is very low, and if there is Delta variant in it, it is very dangerous.
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Shanghai's largest square cabin hospital opens
The largest square cabin hospital in Shanghai has been delivered the day before 3 April, which can accommodate up to 10,000 people at the same time.
Pudong New Area New International Expo Square Cabin Hospital has 10,000 beds and it takes 184 hours for about 6,000 construction workers and covid prevention frontline workers to complete building and operating the hospital.
News (26) to (27) / Editor : Yun Tao / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/04/03/a103390938.html
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Caixin exposes the tragedy of Shanghai Donghai nursing home, secretly carrying the bodies in the middle of the night
A large-scale covid outbreak occurred in Shanghai Donghai Elderly Care Hospital, and medical staff and nurses were transferred and quarantined. An article published by Caixin on the 2nd revealed that some elderly people were dry with no care. After some elderly people died, they were taken away with their names written in a yellow bag. The report has now been deleted.
On 2 April 2022, Caixin.com published a report titled "The Novel Coronavirus Invades Donghai Nursing Home", saying that a temporary isolation and treatment center is currently being built on the open space adjacent to the southern part of Shanghai Donghai Nursing Hospital. Hundreds of rooms.
The staff said that the isolation point is mainly used to treat mild patients in Donghai Elderly Care Hospital and surrounding areas.
Hospital staff admitted that there are indeed infected people in the hospital, including nurses and patients. In recent days, covid-positive patients have been transferred one after another, and the transfer has not yet been completed.
Doctors and nurses have been infected and isolated one after another, and there is a shortage of human resources in the hospital. Most of the patients or the elderly are unable to take care of themselves, and their living security is insufficient. The management of the temporarily recruited nurses is scattered, and the normal nursing order is being affected.
Several family members of the patients told Caixin, "We don't know exactly when the infection started and how many people were infected."
The phone calls of the staff in the hospital are mostly unanswered, and the communication is not smooth. It is difficult for the family members to know the exact situation in the hospital. Family members outside the hospital and escorts in the hospital who were deeply anxious broke the news on Weibo, "A cluster infection occurred in Donghai Hospital."
On 31 March, a family member of a patient said, "The epidemic prevention of Shanghai Donghai Elderly Care Hospital is out of control, and more than half of the doctors, nurses and nurses have been taken out for isolation. The 96-year-old grandmother is paralyzed in bed with no one to take care of! …"
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On 30 March, some netizens in Shanghai also disclosed that Donghai Aged Care Hospital recruited housekeeping aunts. After the aunts arrived on the evening of the 28th, they found that a large number of elderly people in the hospital were covid-positive, and all the medical staff were infected and sent to isolation. The hospital has no toilet and no place to live.
A nurse said, "I was one of the victims. On the first day we entered the hospital, the hospital lured us into the intensive care area with our luggage to eat and live with the positive patients. The elderly inside were living extremely badly, and elderly people died every day." .
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The ward is chaotic, nurses and patients share room and board
Caixin.com said that in late March, an intermediary company in Shanghai posted a "high-paying" job posting in a social group saying that the Shanghai isolation hospital recruited 200 cleaners, and the salary was 300 yuan a day, and the intermediary had to pay referral fee or 1,000-3,000 RMB.
On March 28, cleaning worker Xiao Jie and more than 40 workers entered the Donghai Elderly Care Hospital. Before entering the ward, Xiaojie only received simple protection training, and no one explained the precautions for elderly care, and the elderly did not have a doctor's order card.
Xiaojie said: "We don't know what the needs of the elderly are, nor how to take care of them."
Xiaojie was assigned to 6 wards. Ward 6 has more than 10 rooms, and a suite has about 5-6 patients. The patients are almost over 70 years old, and most of them are paralyzed in bed.
Xiaojie said: "There are very few doctors and nurses in this ward, and many elderly people are left unattended. When I first arrived, some elderly people asked the nurses for food, and some elderly people dried their feces and urine on their butts." "Most elderly people A gastric tube is required, some nurses can’t, and the elderly can only starve.”
The elderly in Ward 9 also mentioned that the medical staff in the original ward had been evacuated, and there was no one to take care of them in the ward. Later, a group of new nurses were dispatched, and the handover was not done well. It was very difficult for the elderly in the hospital to communicate with these foreign nurses. The situation in the area is chaotic.
Xiaojie mentioned that when entering the ward for the first time, in addition to wearing protective clothing normally, the nurses had no awareness of protection and lived with the patient. It was only later that I learned that many patients in the room were positive, some of them had been taken away for isolation, and the others remained in the room.
In the hospital, two nurses were required to take shifts to take care of the elderly in the same suite, and to eat and live together.
On 31 March, Xiaojie arrived in the ward for the third day. The ward corridor was piled up with rubbish, and no one took it away. Xiaojie said that that morning, an old man in Ward 6 died.
A Ward 9 nurse said she had carried an 87-year-old deceased out of the ward at 3 am, noting that nearly a dozen bodies were still stored in the morgue.
The bodies of the elderly were scattered and sent to different funeral homes in Pudong. In the morning of 1 April 2022, the Pudong Funeral Home said that there were more than a dozen bodies from the Donghai Nursing Home, and other bodies were placed in the Nanhui Funeral Home.
A family member of the deceased elderly confirmed to Caixin that he was informed that his father had died in the Donghai Elderly Care Hospital, but his body had not yet been seen.
Xiaojie said that the management of the temporarily recruited nurses is also very scattered, and they are in a state of no fixed leadership.
A number of nurses said that they were taken into the hospital "in a daze" and hoped to leave as soon as possible; if they were unable to leave due to the lockdown, they also hoped to have a better living environment and isolation guarantee.
On 31 March, a nurse said that the hospital had agreed to send some nurses out of the hospital.
At present, opening this article on Caixin.com shows: The page you want to view does not exist or has been deleted!
News (28) to (26) / Reporter : Xue Fei / Editor: Hu Long / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/04/03/a103391013.html
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Another Fudan expert opposes political epidemic prevention and supports virus coexistence theory
Image : On the Internet, Sun Xiaofeng, the deputy chief physician of Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, gave advice to the authorities, including stopping all staff testing and stopping the shutdown of the whole society. (Fudan University official website)
The CCP's "movement-style" city closure has been constantly questioned by domestic intellectuals. Following a recording that revealed that experts from the Shanghai CDC were dissatisfied with the authorities' political epidemic prevention, Fudan Sun Xiaofeng, deputy chief physician of Huashan Hospital affiliated to the university, gave advice to the authorities, including stopping all staff testing, stopping the shutdown of the whole society, and introducing American vaccines.
The document titled "220402 Several Opinions of Commissioner Sun Xiaofeng" lists 6 points, which roughly include:
1. In March, the total number of infected people in the country was 103,000, and the sample was large enough to be statistically significant. Among them, there are no severe cases, and the rate of mild cases is very low. Based on the opinions of some domestic and foreign experts, "the virus has a strong will to coexist with humans."
2. For asymptomatic infected persons and close contacts, self-isolation at home is more effective than centralized isolation, and it also avoids a run on medical resources in Fangcang cabins.
3. It is recommended to stop nucleic acid testing and screening for all employees.
4. It is recommended to stop the shutdown of the whole society and resume normal social operations as soon as possible.
5. It is recommended to introduce Pfizer's mRNA vaccine, with an efficiency of 67%, which can be used as the third and fourth injections for protection.
6. Strengthen personal protection publicity, and publicize what needs to be done by citizens. The whole society builds an immune barrier together.
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According to the data, Sun Xiaofeng is the vice president and deputy chief physician of the Pudong branch of Huashan Hospital affiliated to Fudan University, and a member of the Shanghai CPPCC.
Sun Xiaofeng's proposal document went viral on Weibo, and it also triggered attacks from many little pinkies. The content of Sun Xiaofeng's suggestion is quite similar to that of Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University.
Zhang Wenhong has always been an authority figure in Shanghai's epidemic prevention and control, but he did not appear at the Shanghai epidemic prevention and control conference for many days.
At the end of July 2021, Zhang Wenhong put forward the view of "coexistence with the virus" in line with the world, and was subsequently criticized by a group of official background figures such as former CCP Health Minister Gao Qiang. On 2 April, a video of Zhang Wenhong's speech on "coexistence with the virus" was uploaded on Twitter, but the exact time and place were unknown.
Zhang Wenhong said that if there is a complete lockdown and everyone stays at home, the epidemic can indeed be stopped, but how many people will die. Because without circulation, there would be no economy, people would lose their jobs and rebel, which would bring huge social problems.
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Zhu Weiping: CCP concealed the epidemic and deceived the public
A day ago, a recording of a conversation between a Shanghai citizen and a leader of the Shanghai CDC was circulated on the Internet. During the dialogue, the two criticized Shanghai's epidemic prevention measures, and revealed that the official concealed the epidemic and deceived the public. Shanghai's medical resources were on the verge of collapse. "Right now we're all in total despair," she said bluntly.
Later, the media reported that the female expert was Zhu Weiping, Department of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Shanghai Pudong New Area Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
After the recording was exposed, the Shanghai CDC urgently issued a document on 2 April, requiring a designated person to answer public consultation calls, and the answer must be consistent with the authorities' epidemic prevention policy.
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Consensus on the "flu" nature of Omicron in Shanghai
Some Weibo netizens left a message saying that Zhu Weiping and Sun Xiaofeng's comments and suggestions marked the formation of a consensus among the people in Shanghai: this round of Omicron virus is of a "flu" nature, and the best measure for asymptomatic infection is not to focus on pulling it to the square cabin hospital and it is home isolation and rest. The resources required for the reset measures are seriously insufficient, and the social shutdown will do more harm than good.
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Shanghai resident Ji Xiaolong issued a letter of decree pointing to "sports-style epidemic prevention"
Editor : Dawn / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/04/03/a103390881.html / Image : Residents of Shanghai, China, issued a "letter of order" calling for the cessation of campaign-style epidemic prevention and the dismissal of current government officials in Shanghai. (Screenshot of Twitter page)
Recently, with the surging covid epidemic in Shanghai, public grievances caused by the strict quarantine measures have also begun to heat up. A few days ago, Ji Xiaolong, a Shanghai resident, published a "please order" on the Internet, criticizing the party and government officials of the current Shanghai government for "only flattering the will of the upper class" and despising public opinion, demanding that these officials be dismissed and stop "movement-style epidemic prevention." ".
On 2 April, a Shanghai resident who signed Ji Xiaolong posted a "letter for the people" on Twitter, an overseas online social platform, as a Shanghai citizen, demanding that "exercise-style epidemic prevention" be stopped immediately, and The government pays for "relief and relief".
At the beginning of this "letter of decree", he bluntly criticized the "dynamic clearing" policy, saying that it had led to the decline of all industries and the hardship of people's livelihood. Several elderly and infants died due to lack of timely medical treatment, even under long-term high-pressure measures. There have been multiple suicides.
The "letter of order" then pointed at local government officials, criticizing that the current party and government officials in Shanghai were appointed by the central government and were not recognized by the people. "Investigation is the implementation of high-pressure sealing and control" is a serious dereliction of duty, and these officials should be held accountable for their "collective governance responsibility."
In the article, Ji Xiaolong appealed on behalf of "the general public and people living in Shanghai" to "immediately dismiss the current government's party and government officials, and quickly convene the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress to elect a new party and government officials."
He believes that the new government officials "must have lived in Shanghai for more than 10 years" in order to "have the emotional foundation for local governance" and gain the basic trust of Shanghai residents.
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The "Letter of Appointment" also proposes to suspend the "zero-covid" policy, restore the policy of scientific and rational prevention and control of the epidemic, and provide suspension allowances to all residents, migrant workers, and those who have lost their jobs due to the epidemic to all residents who have suffered from the blind closure and control policies. Rent for all industrial and commercial enterprises and vendors during the lockdown period, as well as proposals to limit rent increases, reduce or exempt corporate and personal income tax, etc.
Ji Xiaolong also specifically proposed in the article to "immediately release those detained for exercising the right to freedom of speech during the epidemic, pardon those detained for mild excesses, and compensate them for the physical and psychological damage they suffered due to excessive law enforcement." , as well as paying compensation to the families of those who died due to the lockdown and accusation without receiving timely medical treatment, paying compensation to the families of those who committed suicide due to the closure and accusation, and making a public apology.
On 3 April, Ji Xiaolong tweeted, "On the second day after the order was issued, Weibo was blocked."
On the same day, Ji Xiaolong said in an interview with Taiwan Central News Agency by phone that this "please order" was indeed written by him.
He said that the sensitive political demands mentioned in the "please order" "may be risky", but he believes that even if the Shanghai government implements the orders of the central government, "it should listen to public opinion", and he also believes that there are many public servants here. You may also feel helpless in a round of anti-epidemic actions.
According to public information, Ji Xiaolong is from Suzhou, Jiangsu Province but has lived in Shanghai for a long time. He was imprisoned for three and a half years for launching the "toilet revolution", and was released from prison on 9 February 2022.
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Official documents circulated on the Internet Zhejiang ordered 6 cities to build 30,000 isolation points to receive Shanghai residents
The outbreak in Shanghai is out of control, and the authorities ordered the country to help. According to a notice on the Internet, Zhejiang also ordered 6 cities under its jurisdiction to build isolation points for people in Shanghai. Critics pointed out that the authorities followed the Xi'an model, and Shanghai may have a large number of people isolated in different places.
On 3 April, a "Notice on the Centralized Quarantine of People Transferred from Shanghai to Hangzhou and Other 6 Cities" was posted on the Chinese Internet, with the word "Urgent" on it. After the notice came out, it was quickly blocked.
The notice is suspected to have been issued by the Zhejiang Provincial Government of the Communist Party of China. According to the "overall arrangement" of the Beijing authorities, the Zhejiang authorities ordered 6 prefecture-level cities including Hangzhou, Ningbo, Huzhou, Shaoxing, Jinhua, and Taizhou to provide isolation places and prepare to receive close contacts from Shanghai and secondary liaisons.
The notice stated, "It is planned to transfer 10,000 people to Hangzhou and Ningbo, 2,000 to Huzhou and Taizhou, and 3,000 to Shaoxing and Jinhua; Hangzhou and Ningbo must be transferred on 3 April. Before 12:00 noon, prepare the first batch of 5,000 people for isolation."
The notice also requires each of the six cities to identify a liaison officer and to "report the list to our office" before 11 am on 3 April.
In this wave of epidemics in Shanghai, tens of thousands of people were officially reported to be infected. Because the Chinese government generally conceals the epidemic, the actual number of infections may be higher. The resulting number of close contacts will be even greater.
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Beijing seeks Shanghai's assistance on nucleic acid testing operation
Writer and commentator Chen Feng told Radio Free Asia that Beijing had asked for assistance from all over Shanghai in the largest-ever nucleic acid testing operation. At the same time, the CCP adopts the remote isolation model in Xi'an, and it is possible that up to hundreds of thousands of Shanghainese will be transported to Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places for centralized isolation.
When the epidemic broke out in Xi'an this year, local officials isolated a large number of people in different places, creating a so-called "social clearing", which was criticized by netizens as "covering up to zero".
Chen Feng pointed out that this approach is actually very ignorant, because the virus is very infectious, and such large-scale remote isolation can easily cause cross-infection and accelerate the spread of the epidemic.
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CCP regards "coexistence with the virus" as concept of "lying flat"
Chen Feng said that the CCP refers to the "coexistence with the virus" in Europe and the United States as "lying flat", and has repeatedly emphasized the "success" of Beijing's epidemic prevention, trying to prove its strong mobilization and organizational strength to emphasize the "superiority" of the system. So many of its epidemic prevention actions have been reduced to performances, all of which are determination, slogans, and this is the situation.
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Lockdown deaths cover-up in Shanghai
The latest news shows that due to the depletion of hospital resources, a large number of patients with underlying diseases in Shanghai have died or are on the verge of death. But most of the distress messages they posted online were blocked or limited. In addition, the mental pressure and family economic hardship caused by the long-term brutal blockade have also led to frequent suicide cases.
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Sichuan glider crashes and catches fire, 2 dead
Reporter : Li Jinfeng / Editor: Fan Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/04/04/a103391225.html
In the afternoon of 3 April 2022, a powered delta-wing glider crashed into Shuangfeng Village, Chongzhou, Sichuan Province, and caught fire. Both were killed on the plane.
On the 3rd, Chengdu Chongzhou Emergency Management Bureau reported that a powered delta wing of Sichuan Haoyun General Aviation Co., Ltd. crashed into a farmland in Shuangfeng Village, Daoming Town, Chongzhou at around 3 pm that day. The two people on board were confirmed dead.
The online video showed that the live video showed that on a piece of ground, the wings were scattered, and the plane was on fire, accompanied by thick smoke.
The photographer said in the video, "The glider fell. Did you see that machinery? It's scary." Another said, "There was an accident."
The entry "A glider crashed in Chongzhou, Sichuan" was trending on Weibo. Related events also appeared on Baidu's hot search.
"Jimu News" reported that the villagers said that the crash was a small plane with two people on it. Another villager said it was a paraglider that fell.
According to Chinanews.com, the accident was a crash of a powered delta-wing glider. When it crashed, there were one driver and one passenger on board. There were multiple high-voltage lines at the crash site. The glider crashed into a farmland in Group 1 of Shuangfeng Village, Daoming Town, Chongzhou, and set off a fire.
The glider belonged to Sichuan Haoyun General Aviation Co., Ltd., the report said.
According to the mainland enterprise information platform "Tianyancha", Sichuan Haoyun General Aviation Co., Ltd. is established on 17 November 2014, and registered in Group 11, Tiangong Village, Jixie Township, Chongzhou. Its business scope includes the use of aircraft with special airworthiness certificates, carrying out aviation demonstration flights, personal entertainment flights, etc.
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The local case increase continues to be high, the "new Taiwan model" epidemic prevention relaxes the isolation of mild cases
Reporters : Li Lan and Lin Yi / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/04/03/a103391059.html
The number of local cases in Taiwan continues to increase. On 3 April, the President of the Republic of China Legislative Yuan, Su Zhenchang, further explained the "New Taiwan Model" that takes into account both epidemic prevention and economy.
For three consecutive days, the number of new local cases in Taiwan exceeded 100 in a single day. On 3 April, 183 new local cases were added, a new high this year.
Minister of Health and Welfare and Commander of the Central Epidemic Command Centre Chen Shizhong said frankly that when the number of new cases reaches 100, due to limited human resources, the speed of epidemic response will begin to slow down; if you want to rely entirely on health personnel, the speed will be insufficient.
In order to avoid insufficient medical resources, the command center relaxes the isolation of those diagnosed with mild symptoms. The second Ct value of the test results exceeds 30, and the isolation can be released without isolation for ten days.
Chen Shizhong commented, "In fact, there are relatively many mild and asymptomatic cases, so our focus is on the moderate and severe cases. Today (reported) Although there were many cases yesterday, we are currently in moderate and severe cases. It didn't increase."
Chen Shizhong said that the current epidemic prevention strategy is to "actively prevent epidemics while approaching normal life", that is, while the necessary behaviors and activities of the people are not restricted, in addition to the government's responsibility, the next step is to rely on individual self-responsibility and corporate responses to cooperate with each other. Do a good job in epidemic prevention.
The command centre eased restrictions on epidemic prevention, and Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe suggested that the central government formulate standards for medical tolerable boundaries.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe said, "I know that the central government's decision today means that he believes that the number of confirmed cases will continue to rise, so there is no way to use strict standards. If we want strict standards, the capacity must be very large, and we must set it first. , We allow the number of confirmed cases to increase every day, which is tolerable for the entire medical capacity of Taiwan, and this will probably have to be decided first."
On 1 April, Su Zhenchang proposed the "New Taiwan Model" of "parallel epidemic prevention and economy". On the 3rd, he further explained this. He said that although the number of confirmed cases has increased, 99.7 % are mild or asymptomatic, so don't worry, be healthy and open to a normal life.
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Wu Zhaoxie: Taiwan has the determination to defend itself, democracy will defeat dictatorship
Reporter : Zhong Yuan / Editor : Ye Ziwei / https://www.epochtimes.com/gb/22/4/4/n13694128.htm / Images : On 31 March 2022, Wu Zhaoxie, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, explained Taiwan Strait relations to Philip Sherwell, the Asia correspondent of the British Sunday Times. (Provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
In an exclusive interview with foreign media, Wu Zhaoxie, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China, pointed out that in the face of the threat of the CCP, "We have the determination to strengthen self-defense, and are convinced that democracy will eventually prevail. Victory over tyranny."
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China stated that Minister Wu Zhaoxie gave an exclusive video interview with Philip Sherwell, the Asia correspondent of the British "Sunday Times" (The Sunday Times) on 31 March 2022, and explained in depth the situation in Russia and Ukraine, the threat of the CCP, and the assistance of the Republic of China to Ukraine. , Taiwan-UK relations, and Taiwan's international participation.
Wu Zhaoxie said that both Taiwan and Ukraine are on the front line against authoritarianism. While European countries are facing military challenges from Russia, the CCP continues to expand its influence in Indo-Pacific, Africa and Europe. The existence of Taiwan is not only about our sovereignty and freedom the maintenance of the democratic way of life is also crucial to the survival of global democracy.
"China (the Communist Party) must pay close attention to the Russia-Ukraine war, and may re-evaluate its ability to commit crimes against Taiwan and the response of the international community." He emphasized that the global democratic camp must be united, and he believes that the Russia-Ukraine war will make more and more countries understand Taiwan. importance and promote support for Taiwan.
Wu Zhaoxie analyzed that the situation between Taiwan and Ukraine is not the same, including that Taiwan and China are separated by a sea, and Taiwan plays a key role in the global high-tech supply chain, which increases the cost of China's invasion of Taiwan. However, the overall combat power of the CCP is better than that of Russia. Taiwan has gained profound inspiration from Ukraine’s experience as a small country successfully defending against a powerful enemy.
"Taiwan will continue to strive to develop asymmetric combat power, while strengthening national defense capabilities, and conducting security dialogues with the United States and other countries." He said that the Biden-Harris administration sent a delegation of former high-level security officials to visit Taiwan shortly after the war, which fully demonstrated support for Taiwan. "We have a firm determination to defend ourselves and are convinced that democracy will eventually triumph over authoritarianism."
He explained that the CCP adopts gray zone tactics. In the past year, it dispatched nearly 1,000 military planes to disrupt Taiwan, and used information warfare, cognitive warfare, and cyber warfare to conduct non-traditional security threats. Taiwan is now actively sharing experiences with European countries on disinformation, cognitive warfare, cyber attacks, and hybrid warfare, so as to learn from each other and jointly face new types of security threats. The Russia-Ukraine war has strengthened Taiwan's ties and cooperation with the world's democracies, while strengthening common strategic interests. Taiwan has a responsibility to safeguard democracy for the international community.
Wu Zhaoxie pointed out that in addition to Taiwan joining democratic countries to impose economic sanctions on Russia, the people of Taiwan are deeply moved by the courageous resistance and self-defense determination of the Ukrainian people, and they have actively donated funds and humanitarian aid materials worth 11 million US dollars and more than 600 tons of aid materials have demonstrated their assistance to Ukrainian refugees with concrete actions.
In addition, he said that the United Kingdom recently released an "Integrated Policy Analysis Report" to express its "Indo-Pacific" policy, which means that the United Kingdom pays more attention to the Indo-Pacific region and its relations with countries in the region. The United Kingdom has also sent a fleet to carry out "freedom of navigation" missions in the Indo-Pacific region, and has reached an "Australia-UK-US Tripartite Security Partnership" (AUKUS) with the United States and Australia, showing that the United Kingdom intends to play a more active role in the region.
He thanked Britain for its deep friendship with Taiwan and actively supported Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization (WHO) and other international organizations. Taiwan looks forward to continuing to deepen cooperation with the UK and to develop steadily and steadily in the fields of trade, investment and people-to-people exchanges.
Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the British "Sunday Times" was established in 1822 and is a sister newspaper of "The Times". It is one of the mainstream newspapers with a long history in the United Kingdom.
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Pentagon: "No offensive biologic weapons" in Ukraine laboratories funded by the U.S.
Reporter : Katabella Roberts, The Epoch Times PREMIUM
There are “no offensive biologic weapons” in the Ukraine laboratories that the United States has been funding, a Pentagon official told Congress on 1 April 2022.
Deborah Rosenbaum, the assistant secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical, and biological defense programs, told the House Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations on Friday that there are “unequivocally … no offensive biologic weapons in the Ukraine laboratories that the United States has been involved with.”
The Pentagon funds labs in Ukraine through its Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a support agency within the Department of Defense for countering weapons of mass destruction, and both U.S and Ukraine officials say the labs seek to prevent bioweapons and pathogens.
According to a Pentagon fact sheet released in March (pdf), since 2005, the United States has “invested approximately $200 million in Ukraine … supporting 46 Ukrainian laboratories, health facilities, and diagnostic sites.”
The Biological Threat Reduction Program has “improved Ukraine’s biological safety, security, and surveillance for both human and animal health,” the Pentagon fact sheet states.
However, Russia has in recent months accused the U.S.-funded laboratories in Ukraine of developing biological warfare weapons. Such allegations were being aired on Russian state-run media even prior to the Moscow-led invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
The Russian Ministry of Defense on March 6 issued a statement on Telegram accusing Ukraine of having destroyed disease-causing pathogens being studied at a lab in Ukraine that the ministry said is funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.
Russia’s allegations regarding the biological laboratories appeared to be repeated by the Chinese regime on March 7.
The World Health Organization confirmed in March that it advised the Ministry of Health in Ukraine to destroy “high-threat pathogens to prevent any potential spills.”
But analysts believe that the narrative being pushed by the Kremlin is part of its plan to create a false-flag operation in an attempt to justify using chemical weapons operations in Ukraine itself.
Rosenbaum told officials on Friday that, “the department remains very concerned about the ability to get accurate and transparent information out to the U.S. public, as well as certainly our allies and the rest of the world.”
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Another 42 genes linked to Alzheimer's disease found
Reporter : John Ally, Daily Mail
Another 42 genes linked to Alzheimer's have been found by scientists, in what they claim is a major discovery from the biggest study of its kind.
Alzheimer's is the most common form of dementia, and slowly robs people of their memories and independence. No cure exists yet, although drugs can help alleviate some of the symptoms but experts say the new findings could could open the door to new ways of treating the disease.
An international team of scientists discovered 75 regions of DNA linked to the cruel disease. These included 42 genetic quirks never before linked to Alzheimer's.
They have also developed a genetic risk score to evaluate which at risk patients are most likely to go on to develop the disease within three years.
Experts welcomed the new study as providing another "piece of the puzzle" of what causes the disease but added it will take more work to turn this into new treatments for patients.
A plethora of research has indicated that an individual's genes can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's, with the disease known to run in families.
Dr Rebecca Sims, co-author from Cardiff University, claimed the findings more than 'double the number of identified genes' thought to influence the risk of Alzheimer's.
She said, "It provides exciting new targets for therapeutic intervention and advances our ability to develop algorithms to predict who will develop Alzheimer's in later life."
Cardiff's Professor Julie Williams another author of the study added, "This is a landmark study in the field of Alzheimer’s research and is the culmination of 30 years’ work.
"The results support our growing knowledge that Alzheimer’s disease is an extremely complex condition, with multiple triggers, biological pathways and cell types involved in its development."
She added that while lifestyle factors like smoking, exercise and diet influence our risk of developing Alzheimer’s, human genes were the single most important factor.
"60-80 per cent of disease risk is based on our genetics and therefore we must continue to seek out the biological causes and develop much-needed treatments for the millions of people affected worldwide," she said.
The UK experts carried out the research alongside colleagues from the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research.
They analysed genomes, the total genetic instructions that make a person who they are, of just over 111,000 people with Alzheimer's disease and 677,000 healthy controls.
Some of these genes were found to play a role in the two proteins which build-up in the brains of people with Alzheimer's: amyloid-beta and tau.
Other genes were found to be related to a dysfunction of the body's immune system and mircogila — an immune cell in the nervous system that normally clears away the build-up of toxic materials in the brain.
Researchers also found genes governing the activation of a protein called tumor necrosis factor alpha, which is involved in triggering inflammation in the body, is also linked to Alzheimer's disease.
The researchers published their genetic findings — dubbed a "major discovery" — in the journal Nature Genetics.
Lead author Dr Jean-Charles Lambert claimed their work would help scientists learn more about the biological mechanisms at play in Alzheimer's.
Dr Lambert revealed how they used the findings to create a genetic risk score, which could predict which patients will be struck down with Alzheimer's.
While not yet ready for use as a clinical tool, the neuroscientist claimed it could help spot patients who may see the most benefit from drug trials.
Dr Susan Kohlhaas, director of research at Alzheimer's Research UK, welcomed the new study.
"Creating an extensive list of Alzheimer's disease risk genes is like having the edge pieces of a puzzle put together," she said.
"And while this work doesn't give us the full picture, it provides a valuable framework for future developments.
"The research also, however, tells us just how complex Alzheimer's is, with several different mechanisms implicated in the development of the disease.
"It's going to take a concerted and global effort to develop life-changing treatments.
"But this seminal study also gives us hope that research will win, and it gives us the opportunity to work on new treatment targets."
The new research has some limitations, one of which is that the genes analysed were from primarily Caucasian populations.
Therefore, the results may be of limited use for other groups.
This is something the researchers say they wish to expand upon in further studies.
Around 850,000 Britons and 5.8million Americans have Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's is characterised by the build-up of toxic proteins in the brain that cause cells to die and for parts of the organ to shrink.
Alzheimer's disease is most common in people over the age of 65 although people can develop it earlier.
While there is no cure, medications are available to combat some of the symptoms.
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