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News (1)
Two passenger planes collided at Incheon Airport, one passenger plane's tail was damaged
Image : Incheon International Airport Corp., via Yonhap
According to Yonhap News Agency, two passenger planes collided at Incheon International Airport on 19 December 2022, causing no casualties.
Incheon Airport said that at 9.45 a.m., the right wing of an Air Premia Dreamliner 787-9 brushed against the tail of a Lao Airlines Airbus A320 passenger plane waiting to take off while being towed.
Lao Airlines flight QV924, with 118 passengers on board, was originally scheduled to fly to Vientiane but the flight was subsequently cancelled. Only two Airbus A320s of Lao Airlines can be utilized in Vientiane at the mean time for future flights to Incheon
The reason of the incident is currently being investigated.
News (2)
United Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Guam suspected of bird strike engine fire
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According to Hong Kong Sing Tao Net news, on 20 December 2022, a United Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Guam took off at 10.30 am, suspected of engine failure, and returned to Hong Kong International Airport. It is understood that sparks from the plane's engine were suspected to have hit a bird.
According to reports, the flight involved was UA2831. The Hong Kong police and firefighters received the report at 11.07 am, and the Fire Services Department dispatched 5 ambulances to be on guard at the scene.
According to the report, it can be seen from the online video that the engine of the plane was on fire. Flight UA2831 circled in the waters opposite Lamma Island, suspected of releasing fuel. The flight has landed safely.
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Zhang Wenhong's latest research and judgment: getting out of the epidemic is a foregone conclusion and will not be reversed
On 17 December 2022, at the 2022 Sino-US High-end Forum on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Professor Zhang Wenhong, Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases and Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, said that the peak of infection at this stage is coming soon. There must be very good protection for the elderly.
"If the elderly have not been vaccinated, they should reduce their activity level and wear a mask when they come out. And when they go to see the elderly, they should also wear a mask before going. Ultimately, I hope that the elderly can get vaccinated and have better results. Drugs can protect them."
"When the covid epidemic appeared this time, we knew that the virus spread far faster than the influenza virus, and humans generally have no immunity to this virus." Zhang Wenhong introduced that humans never achieve by eliminating a species The goal of controlling infectious diseases. Therefore, after the birth of influenza in the world, it has gradually reached a balance with our human immune system. With our human vaccination and widespread infection, it will maintain a certain steady state with infectious diseases. "
Zhang Wenhong said that the covid virus is also facing the same situation. "At present, various studies can show that after we have been vaccinated, we are under great pressure on the evolution of the virus, which has greatly reduced the number of virus evolution after vaccination. In the end, what we see today is only the Omicron strain finally won. This strain has a certain escape effect on human immunity, and its R0 value is close to the level of 16-18. It jumped out of the Omicron strain family and gave birth to a strain that spreads faster now. It's been difficult."
Zhang Wenhong said: "Judging from the data in Shanghai, the Omicron strain has shown a significant decrease in virulence, but the attack on vulnerable groups still exists. Especially for people over 80 years old, they It is also the main severe patient. In addition to age, chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure, and some neurological diseases are the main causes of illness in vulnerable groups. Most deaths or severe patients occur among people who have not been vaccinated. Therefore, vaccination is critical to protect vulnerable populations."
"Now, the focus of our work is to fully protect the elderly. Specifically, we must do three things well. First, once they are infected, they should be given adequate drug treatment if they have symptoms; second, they should be fully vaccinated. and third, to form a reverse protection for them during the pandemic, preventing the virus from entering the space where they live."
Zhang Wenhong said that he hopes that more new vaccines against Omicron will be on the market as soon as possible, which is also of great value in preventing Omicron infection in vulnerable groups. "Nevertheless, vaccination with existing vaccines is still effective in helping us form a certain immune barrier against Omicron, which ultimately allows us to win this battle."
News (4) to (8) / Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/12/20/a103602422.html
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Experts in Beijing warn: This is the epidemic tsunami, the peak of severe cases is coming
Image :Recently, there has been a serious medical run in Beijing. The major hospitals are full of patients, and doctors lament that they cannot save them. Beijing medical experts warned that this wave of the novel coronavirus (CCP virus, covi) is a tsunami of epidemics, and the peak of severe cases will be ushered in a week or two. (Synthesis of video screenshots)
Under the epidemic situation in Beijing, there has been a serious medical run. The major hospitals are full of patients, and doctors lament that they cannot save them. Beijing medical experts warned that this covi wave is a tsunami of epidemics, and the peak of severe cases will be ushered in a week or two.
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Beijing medical experts: Now is the epidemic tsunami
On 19 December 2022, Professor Wang Guangfa, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Peking University First Hospital, said in an interview with "Medical World", "The peak infection rate of this novel coronavirus epidemic is not generally high, it is an epidemic tsunami. In the past week we've all felt it."
He said frankly that the peak of severe cases of the epidemic has not yet arrived, Beijing's medical resources are already relatively tight, and many medical staff have been infected. In the past week, all hospitals have been very difficult.
Wang Guangfa said that most symptoms of the BF.7, that is mainly prevalent in Beijing, are symptomatic, cases will have high fever, and there will be more critically ill patients. He explained that the covi infection does not mean severe illness at the beginning but severe illness occurs 5 to 7 days later, so the peak of severe illness will be later than the peak of infection.
"In the next week or two, there will be a peak of severe cases, and medical institutions should prepare early," he warned.
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There are too many patients in Beijing Hospital to save them
Recently, the serious situation of the epidemic in Beijing, the capital of China, has attracted the attention of the outside world. Videos constantly circulating on the Internet show that the major hospitals in Beijing are overcrowded, and the critically ill patients who came in later could not find a bed or even receive oxygen. Doctors lamented that they were "powerless."
News (7)
Two Beijing women recount horror at hospital
On 18 December, Ms. Du, a Beijing woman, posted a video on Douyin saying that her father was infected. They went to three hospitals on the 17th, but her father failed to be admitted to the hospital. While waiting at Huaxin Hospital, six people died.
"I was in the emergency room and saw a few elderly people. To put it bluntly, they were waiting to die, and they might not be able to be admitted to the hospital until they died." Ms. Du cried and said, "I don't have a chance to save my dad. Elderly people are waiting for beds."
Another Beijing female Internet celebrity "Pili Dating" posted a video on the "Bilibili" video website on 17 December, telling about her horrible experience in the hospital. She said that she had a high fever for 5 consecutive days, with the highest fever reaching 42°C. She went to the hospital's fever clinic on 16 December.
She said, "Do you know what's going on in the fever clinic? It's a group of old men, old ladies... There are some young people, everyone is sitting there waiting for the number, and the number is 396. An old man is in a hurry and says, 'I've never had a fever. From 9 o'clock in the morning to 2 o'clock in the afternoon, I haven't got the medicine yet'."
"And then you look at the ambulance, one every 10 minutes, one every 10 minutes. Then everyone rushed to push people to the hospital, a lot of old men, old women, not breathing, suffocating, comatose, sitting. There are all kinds of people who are whimpering and screaming in wheelchairs. There are also some patients with basic diseases. Doctors are rescuing basic patients and positive patients at the same time, and the whole hospital is in chaos."
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Zhang Boli recommends three categories of novel coronavirus pneumonia to confuse outsiders on the actual number of covid cases in China
Recently, Zhang Boli, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, mentioned in an exclusive interview with "Daily Economic News" that it is recommended to divide the current novel coronavirus pneumonia into three categories: novel coronavirus infection (asymptomatic), novel coronavirus upper respiratory symptoms patients, novel coronavirus pneumonia patients (pneumonia manifestations) ). The so-called patients with novel coronavirus pneumonia (covid, COVID-19) are basically severe and may be life-threatening.
He said that the authorities should clearly distinguish between the three groups of people, and shift the focus of prevention and control strategies from "group prevention and group control" to a new stage of "preventing severe illness and reducing death".
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All parts of China encourage cases with "asymptomatic, mild symptoms" to go to work normally, Internet anger: Slavery society
Image : All parts of China have announced new regulations on the road, encouraging asymptomatic or mildly diagnosed people to "go to work normally". Netizens are angry that they are fooling the people and committing crimes. The picture shows Beijing workers. (AFP)
After the unblocking of China, chaos has occurred frequently, and relevant government policies have also changed at any time. Recently, it has been reported that all parts of China have announced that "asymptomatic and mild" confirmed patients can go to work normally, and some hospitals advocate asymptomatic medical staff "Stick to your post". Many netizens are quite dissatisfied with this, choking on "If you don't have an idea, don't say it, don't use your mouth as your butt", "Creating crimes", and "Slavery society".
According to comprehensive Chinese media reports, various parts of China have recently announced new epidemic prevention policies. The Zhejiang Office of Epidemic Prevention and Control announced that asymptomatic people can be isolated at home depending on the situation, and can continue to work under personal protection, and "see a doctor in time when the condition worsens." The city of Chongqing announced that the new regulation applies not only to ordinary private companies, but also to political organizations at all levels.
In Hunan, it was reported that the hospital put forward a letter of proposal. If medical staff are diagnosed with asymptomatic or mild symptoms, they "still encourage everyone to stick to their jobs" to meet the needs of people seeking medical treatment. The proposal even stated that "if a family member is positively diagnosed, please continue to go to work normally on the basis of personal protection and self-health monitoring."
Menglian County Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Yunnan also followed up on the suggestion in this proposal, suggesting to live alone as much as possible to reduce the risk of infection. As soon as the news came out, many netizens rebounded, and there were rumours that "I hope the staff of the Health and Medical Commission will stick to their posts", "more capitalism than capitalism", and "slavery society".
Some netizens also bluntly said that the government is fooling the people, and that the new regulations will only allow confirmed cases to infect more people, speeding up the virus spread, and criticize the government's policy as too extreme.
News (10)
National Health Commission will only count covid deaths from respiratory failure in official toll
Reporter : Xinlu Liang, South China Morning Post / https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3203992/china-says-it-will-only-count-covid-deaths-respiratory-failure-official-toll
China’s National Health Commission has clarified that only Covid-19 patients who die from respiratory failure will be counted towards the official death toll after this week reporting the first deaths since the easing of pandemic controls.
Many elderly had other chronic illnesses and very few people died directly from respiratory failure caused by the coronavirus, experts from the NHC said.
The clarification follows media reports
that many more people
had died after becoming infected and of rising demand at
funeral homes and crematoriums.
The commission has issued a notice clarifying how it is calculating the death toll from the disease in what it calls a “scientific and realistic manner”. The new guidelines narrow the criteria for counting Covid deaths, removing cases such as patients who had a heart attack after becoming infected.
“Deaths caused by pneumonia and respiratory failure resulting from Covid-19 will be classified as Covid deaths, while deaths caused by other underlying diseases, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, will not be counted as Covid-induced deaths,” Wang Guiqiang, an adviser to the NHC and director of the infectious diseases department at Peking University First Hospital, said on Tuesday.
China has seen cases skyrocket since it relaxed its zero-Covid policy, with the new rules allowing home quarantine for mild cases and encouraging residents to use rapid antigen test kits instead of PCR mass testing.
Health authorities stopped reporting asymptomatic cases last week and until this week had not reported any Covid-related deaths since December 4 – three days before the policy change was announced.
On
Monday it reported two
Covid-related deaths and five more on Tuesday – all in
Beijing which has been hit by a surge
in infections.
Meanwhile, the country officially logged 2,656 new infections on Tuesday as reports suggested hospitals around the country were filling up and demand was rising in funeral homes.
Wang said Omicron, the variant fuelling the current surge in cases, was becoming less lethal and China was increasing the vaccination rate, which meant the pattern of infections and deaths was changing.
In the initial stages of the outbreak, which began in the central city of Wuhan in December 2019, most deaths were caused by coronavirus-induced respiratory failure. But now, he said, Omicron mainly attacked the upper respiratory tract and while some patients may develop pneumonia, few will suffer respiratory failure.
“From
clinical practice it can be seen that the main cause of death after infection
with Omicron is chronic illness, while respiratory failure directly caused by
the Covid-19 infection is rare,” Wang said.
China used to have a wider definition of Covid-19 deaths and included elderly people with several comorbidities, including those who had suffered heart attacks after being infected with the virus, in the official death toll.
Other countries also follow broader guidelines when tallying the death toll. The United States follows World Health Organization guidelines where “probable” and “presumed” cases can be included as a Covid death, while countries such as Britain and Australia also include people who died from other causes but where Covid was a contributing factor.
In Hong Kong, a person who dies within 28 days of the first positive test will be counted as a Covid-19 death.
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Indonesian Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail engineering vehicle derailed, 6 Chinese workers were killed and injured, and were ordered to suspend work
Editor : Lu Yongxin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/12/20/a103602447.html / Image : This October 20, 2017 photo shows a sign including Chinese characters erected on the land where the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail will be built in Bandung, West Java province. (Bay Ismoyo/AFP via Getty Images)
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail with a total length of 142.3 kilometers, manufactured by Chinese technology, is an index project of China's "Belt and Road" plan in Indonesia. A few days ago, an engineering train derailed during the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, killing 2 Chinese workers and injuring 4 others. The authorities ordered a temporary suspension of work to investigate the cause of the accident. Members of the Indonesian Congress said that the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway has many accidents and requires the government to re-examine the plan.
The Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway connects the two major cities of Jakarta and Bandung. It is the first high-speed railway in Southeast Asia.
The Central News Agency reported that Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC), which is responsible for the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, confirmed to the media on 19 December 2022 that a working train derailed at around 5 pm on the 18th, resulting in the death of two skilled foreign workers. .
KCIC told The Jakarta Post in a statement: "KCIC has been coordinating with relevant parties to deal with this incident and has been cooperating with the authorities' investigation of the incident."
Adita Irawati, spokesperson for the Indonesian Ministry of Transport, said in a press release that the accident has caused a total of six deaths and injuries, including two deaths and four minor injuries. The Indonesian newspaper Tempo reported today that KCIC chief executive Dwiyana Slamet Riyadi said that the six people were all Chinese citizens, and the seriously injured were still receiving treatment in hospital.
After this industrial safety incident, the Ministry of Communications ordered the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway to temporarily suspend work. Adita pointed out that "according to the relevant regulations, the construction will be temporarily stopped for further investigation." Once the investigation is completed, a proposal will be prepared as a guideline on how to improve the safety of the high-speed rail construction plan.
In response to this accident, members of Congress and experts called on the Indonesian government to re-examine the safety of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail project. Suryadi Jaya Purnama, a member of Congress of the Islamic Prosperity Justice Party (PKS), said in an interview with Central News Agency: "The Indonesian government should re-examine the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail plan and renegotiate."
Suryadi said that before the project, the gas pipeline of Indonesia's state-owned oil company (Pertamina) was damaged and exploded. There were also accidents such as bridge piers collapsed during the removal process and two excavators were knocked down. He asked the police to investigate the cause of the accident in detail, and KCIC must be responsible for the accident, and implement safety regulations in every subsequent work.
Aditya Dwi Laksana, an observer for the Indonesian Transport Association (MTI), pointed out that in this case, the completion deadline must be extended. He believes the accident stemmed from KCIC's rush to complete the project by the June 2023 deadline.
This industrial safety accident also represents another setback for China's "Belt and Road" initiative in Indonesia. Earlier, the completion date of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail has been continuously delayed. It was originally scheduled to be completed in 2019, but it was postponed to 2023 due to issues such as the epidemic and land acquisition. Also, cost overruns are highly controversial.
China initially proposed the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway at a cost of US$5.5 billion (approximately NT$169.2 billion), which was guaranteed to require no funding or guarantee from the Indonesian government. It was later increased to about US$6 billion, with a loan from the China Development Bank75 %, the repayment period is 40 years, and the grace period is 10 years. Indonesian Chinese high-speed rail company will raise 25%.
However, as the project was delayed, the Indonesian government was finally forced to invest in the budget. According to local media, the current cost of the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed rail project has reached 7.5 billion US dollars.
News (12) to (16) / Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor : Zhu Xinrui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/12/21/a103603270.html
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Experts reveal the purpose of the CCP’s unblocking: Early infection and early death
Image : On 20 December 2022, a woman in Beijing holds photos of her relatives outside a funeral home. (Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images)
The CCP’s sudden and complete unblocking has led to a tsunami-like outbreak of the epidemic. Fever clinics in hospitals across the country are full, and there are long queues at funeral parlors. American experts said that in the next 90 days, about 60% of the Chinese people will be infected with the epidemic, and the death toll may reach millions. The CCP's sudden relaxation of epidemic control has a purpose, "infecting everyone who can be infected, and letting everyone who should die to die" to restore the economy as soon as possible.
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Expert: Within 90 days, millions of people in China will die from the epidemic
Voice of America reported on 21 December that Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, a Chinese-American epidemiologist and public health expert, believed that the purpose of the CCP’s current relaxation of epidemic control is to “infect everyone who can be infected, and let everyone who dies be infected” as soon as possible, peak as early as possible, production resumes as soon as possible.”
Ding Liang is the co-founder of the World Health Network and is currently the head of the New England Institute of Complex Systems Research Task Force on COVID-19. He said that in the next 90 days, 60% of China's population, or 10% of the world's population, will be infected with covid, and the death toll may be as high as millions.
Earlier, on 15 December, The Economist released a model predicting that if the virus is allowed to rage, about 96% of China's population will be infected within the next three months, and 1.5 million Chinese are expected to die. People over the age of 60 will account for 90% of the deaths.
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Bodies of funeral parlours in many places in China continue to surge
After the Chinese Communist Party officially announced the new 10 epidemic prevention measures on 7 December, it suddenly relaxed the epidemic prevention and control, followed by a sharp increase in the number of infections. The Chinese capital, Beijing, experienced a serious medical run. A large number of infected patients rushed to the hospital for treatment, but many of them could not wait for a bed.
At the same time, the number of deaths in Beijing increased rapidly. Funeral homes and crematoria received a large number of remains, the freezers were full, and the cremation furnace "burned from morning to night."
Funeral homes in the eastern suburbs of Beijing were designated to accept and cremate patients who died of the epidemic. Ms. Li, a staff member of the funeral home, revealed to The Epoch Times on 14 December, "We have to burn 200 (remains) a day, and we can't even go home." Under normal circumstances, there are 30 or 40 corpses.
The incinerators of the 8 crematoriums in the eastern suburbs of the funeral home continued to emit white smoke 24 hours a day, and the appointments were completely full. Ms. Li said that it takes at least a week to wait for an appointment for cremation.
Beijing Babaoshan Funeral Home also saw long queues of corpse trucks. Mr. Lin, a staff member of the funeral home, told The Epoch Times, “Every day is very busy now. It has never been so busy. There are more people cremated every day than before. I can't take it."
Hong Kong's "Ming Pao" reported that funeral homes in Beijing currently have a backlog of more than 2,000 remains, and it is estimated that "they will not burn them all in a week."
Currently, this wave of epidemic tsunami is sweeping across China. In addition to Beijing, hospitals in Shanghai and Tianjin are also full and the number of deaths has increased sharply. Funeral parlors in Shenyang, Hebei, Henan, and Guangzhou are all overloaded.
On 18 December, a video was uploaded online showing corpses in the corridors and rooms of a hospital in Shenyang, Liaoning. The photographer said: "Director, this is the one who died last night, and it hasn't been taken away yet. There are 3 people in this one, and 4 people in this corridor. Then, here are 7 people, and there are 2 more dead people in this one." Did not pull away."
On the 19th, NTDTV interviewed a worker in the funeral service industry in Shenyang. He said that people died in the emergency departments of many hospitals, but there were no cars to pull people, and there was nowhere to store the bodies. "I went to the (emergency department) to pull it out", "Too many people died (too much), there is no way, too many."
He said, "It's the same in every hospital. In some hospitals, there are dozens, seven or eight corpses piled up, and the corpses are left there. There is no way, they can't be transported, and there is no way at all."
According to news on the Internet, many hospitals in Guangzhou also have a backlog of covi-positive corpses.
News (15)
Yokogawa: Two reasons prompted the CCP to change its epidemic prevention policy
Without warning, preparation, or planning, the CCP suddenly loosened its control over the epidemic, which led to the explosive growth and spread of the epidemic, resulting in a chaotic situation of running out of medical care, running out of funeral parlors, and shortage of medicines.
Yokogawa, a current affairs commentator based in the United States, analyzed in the "Elite Forum" program, "The 'blank paper revolution' should be one of the important reasons for the CCP to end the epidemic control. Because generally speaking, the CCP wants to adjust its policies, and it will avoid allowing People thought it was a concession to a popular protest."
In addition, according to WHO officials, the epidemic had already broken out before China loosened control. Yokogawa said, "The CCP may have gotten some information. If the city continues to be closed, it will not be able to prove the correctness of the 'dynamic clearing' epidemic prevention policy. Therefore, it is not the fault of the zero-covid policy if it is simply released at this time."
He believes that these two possibilities exist, and they may be superimposed, which led to the sudden change of the CCP's policy and the relaxation of epidemic prevention and control.
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Tang Jingyuan: The CCP deliberately pushed the infection peak to create a "man-made disaster"
However, the CCP’s release of epidemic prevention and control is the same as the zero-blocking policy, which puzzles the outside world. For example, in some places, the outbreak of the epidemic has caused serious medical shortages, while in some places, the epidemic has spread too slowly.
On December 16, it was revealed on the Internet that the Wuxi municipal government held a meeting to convey that the city was criticized by the Jiangsu provincial government for being "too slow" and ordered that the speed of infection must be accelerated, so that "most people will be infected with the virus" by March next year. once".
In addition to Wuxi City, Henan's medical system has also issued a notice that until the end of March next year, the province's health and health system will cancel holidays.
Tang Jingyuan, a current affairs commentator in the United States, analyzed that this shows that the CCP leadership intends to achieve mass infection before and after the "two sessions" in March next year and the change of government.
He told NTDTV that the CCP is deliberately pushing the peak of infection, which is completely different from the Western practice of "co-existing with the virus" to suppress the peak as much as possible, delay infection, and take care of vulnerable groups as much as possible. The CCP not only "laid back" and allowed the epidemic to break out, but also artificially created another "man-made disaster".
Tang Jingyuan believes that there is only one reason for the CCP to do this, and that is to hope to overcome the peak of the outbreak in the shortest possible time and realize the economic recovery plan.
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