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Infants with severe pneumonia in many places in China. Baby died of organ failure at 7 months (Video)
Editor : Zheng Gusheng / Image : At the end of December 2022, there were reports of infants who were seriously ill or even died in mainland China. (Internet video screenshot)
The epidemic broke out in China, and the CCP tried its best to cover up the number of severe cases and deaths. There have been reports from many places that infants developed severe pneumonia symptoms after infection, and infants who were not in good health died of organ failure.
At the end of December 2022, videos spread from many places in China, showing that babies who were several months old or even just a few days old were infected and became seriously ill. Among them, the parents of a two-month-old baby posted that their child was infected, and occasionally coughed and had a stuffy nose, and snorted and vomited bubbles. As a result, he went to the hospital for a CT scan and found out that he had severe pneumonia.
There are also more videos (links) compiled by Twitter netizens showing that on 28 December 2022, a newborn baby in Guizhou was infected and was maintained by oxygen inhalation; a 7-month-old baby with underlying diseases died of organ failure after infection; a newborn in Hengyang, Hunan, a 5-day-old baby was diagnosed with one-third of the right lung "white lung" and so on.
A Twitter netizen left a message saying: “It’s absolutely true. I just heard from a classmate who is a doctor that a four-month-old child died after being infected, and the child passed away while he was sleeping. The parents didn’t know. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it only to find out."
There are also many netizens who left messages and cursed the CCP for endangering mankind: "If the CCP will not be destroyed, the laws of nature cannot tolerate it!" "As long as the CCP exists, no one is safe!"
At present, epidemics have broken out in succession across the country, and children and infants have also been infected in various places. Videos of overcrowded children's hospitals have been reported in many places, including Beijing and Chongqing.
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Throwing down on the second floor and being taken away? ! The case of "Hu Xinyu" was newly discovered; a large number of infants in China were seriously ill, and there were "white lung" and death cases; the Hainan Airlines flight was urgently canceled in Beijing! Passenger yelled "bomb"; 40-year-old Chinese entered South Korea, tested positive, and escaped halfway through transit
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Expert: The more vaccinated, the more susceptible to XBB variants
Reporter : Li Zhaoxi / Editor : Lin Qing / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/04/a103616711.html
Image : Medical workers in China's Guizhou Province vaccinate an elderly woman against covid on 21 December 2022. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)
As the epidemic worsens in China, public health experts sound the alarm about XBB, one of the variants of Omicron, and more and more studies show that people who have been vaccinated repeatedly are more susceptible to XBB, and constant vaccinations will drive the rapid evolution of the covid virus.
According to a January 1 editorial in The Wall Street Journal, recent peer-reviewed research suggests that the policy of frequently giving vaccinated people booster shots to combat new variants is not only accelerating the mutation of the virus. mutation, but also accelerating the spread of the virus.
Allysia Finley's article draws on research in Nature and The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on the ongoing development of new vaccine boosters to combat evolving covi strains. Questions have been raised as to the wisdom of the approach with the new strain of SARS-CoV-2.
Finley noted that if she reads the argument correctly, human efforts have resulted in a situation similar to antibiotic-resistant bacteria, "where we are teaching viruses how to evade the weapons we use to fight viral spread."
Despite the danger of developing resistant bacteria, we use antibiotics because doing so saves lives, Finley said. However, "we use them when necessary and in moderation". but not doing that with a covid vaccine could be a huge mistake.
"Instead of focusing our immunity-boosting efforts on those most at risk, we're pursuing a risk-agnostic universal vaccination strategy," Finley explained, "which accelerates the mutation process and essentially wastes our temporary advantage (a helpful vaccine) against the virus."
Until the Omicron arrives in November 2021, there are only four variants to watch: Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma but the Omicron gave birth to countless offspring, many of which suddenly appeared in different parts of the world with some of the same mutations.
"Such rapid and simultaneous emergence of multiple variants is unprecedented," said a study published in the journal Nature on 19 December 2022. "The virus appears to have mutated to allow it to spread more easily and escape antibodies from vaccines and previous infections."
Research also suggests that vaccines do a good job of training the immune system to remember and knock down the original strain of the virus but when new and significantly different strains of the virus emerge, the immune system's response is less effective.
It is unclear whether XBB is more deadly than other variants but it has been able to evade antibodies from previous infections and vaccines, as well as existing monoclonal antibody treatments. Current herd immunity and BA.5 vaccine boosts against infection with Omicron's serial variants "may not be effective," the Nature study said.
What is particularly worrying is that people who have been vaccinated multiple times are even more susceptible to XBB. On 17 December 2022, the Cleveland Clinic, one of the world's most famous medical institutions, published a study on MedRxiv, a medical preprint database, which found that the risk of infection with COVID-19 increased over time, and increases with increasing vaccine doses. The more booster shots one get, the higher one's susceptibility to secondary infection is.
People who received a three-dose booster shot were 3.4 times more likely to contract covid than those who were not vaccinated, while those who received two doses were 2.6 times more likely to become infected, the study showed.
Discussing the results, the study authors said current vaccine strategies must be reassessed. If the goal of a vaccine is to stop the spread of the virus, the opposite is actually the case. "The more vaccinated you are, the more likely you are to get COVID".
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Brief facts on XBB.1.5 which is also found in Singapore
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Some scientists are concerned about XBB.1.5 due to its mutations, including F486P, which helps it to bypass covi-fighting antibodies that were generated in response to vaccination or previous infection.
Another change — S486P — is thought to improve its ability to bind to cells.
The strain, which is thought to have emerged in the US, is a mutated version of Omicron XBB, which was first detected in India in August.
XBB, which is a merger of variants BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75, caused cases to quadruple in just one month in some nations.
Real-world data also shows how the strain is currently sweeping the U.S.
Data from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on 29 December 2022 showed that the strain is behind 41 per cent of cases. The figure is up from 22 per cent one week earlier and 4 per cent one month earlier.
U.S. covid hospitalisation shows admissions jumped 40 per cent in the month to 28 December 2022.
The rise is even more stark in the over-70s, with 52 per cent more seeking hospital care on that day, compared to one month earlier.
However, CDC officials insist that there is "no suggestion" the virus is more severe — although they say it is set to become dominant in some regions within weeks and will become more prevalent across the country.
XBB.1.5 has also been spotted in countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, India and China.
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WHO: XBB.1.5 is the "most transmissible" covi variant
A new strain of covi nicknamed "Kraken" is 'the most transmissible subvariant that has been detected yet', according to the World Health Organisation.
The latest subvariant - another spinoff of Omicron officially named XBB.1.5 - has already taken hold in the U.S. where it is thought to be behind roughly 70 per cent of new infections in the worst affected areas and 4 in 10 overall.
Now it has started to sweep across the UK, indicating it has a major growth advantage over rival strains. However, XBB.1.5 appears to be just as mild as its ancestor Omicron and its variants.
Concern about XBB.1.5 is largely based on how it is currently surging in the U.S. but it has also already been spotted in the UK and other countries around the globe.
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's technical lead for Covid, told a press conference Wednesday: 'We are concerned about its growth advantage in particular in some countries in Europe and in the US... particularly the Northeast part of the United States, where XBB.1.5 has rapidly replaced other circulating variants.
"Our concern is how transmissible it is… and the more this virus circulates, the more opportunities it will have to change."
Statistics from the U.S. CDC showed the strain is behind 41 per cent of cases in America.
In the UK meanwhile, data from GISAID and CoVariants.org suggests that XBB.1.5 was responsible for just under 8 per cent of cases in the two weeks to January 2.
But the latest figures from the Sanger Institute, one of the UK's largest Covid surveillance centres, suggests XBB.1.5 is behind up to half of all Covid cases in the worst-hit regions.
The Sanger Institute's research shows 50 per cent of cases in Wirral last week were caused by the "Kraken".
XBB.1.5 has also been detected in countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, India and China.
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Patients in Fuyang state oral symptoms; funeral staff speak tearfully; death data is kept secret, and funeral parlours are crowded; the funeral industry is booming, and coffins are out of stock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2bmonu9MhQ
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Wu Yinong: In the future, I will continue to speak out for Taiwan in the world
Reporter : Yang Xinhui / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4175324 / Image : Wu Yinong and Taipei City Councilor Xu Jiabei conducted a motorcade sweep in Beisongshan this morning, and were interviewed by the media before the meeting. (Photo by reporter Tian Yuhua)
Taipei City’s third constituency (North Songshan, Zhongshan) legislator by-election has entered the final 3-day countdown. DPP legislator candidate Wu Yinong posted on Facebook last night that he accepted an exclusive interview with CBS last year, reiterating that he is happy to have the opportunity to speak out for Taiwan and introduce the feelings and efforts of the people to the international community. He hopes everyone will give him a helping hand, so that they can do things for everyone; Wu Yinong said in an interview today: "In the future, I will become a representative of public opinion. Such an approach gives Taiwan a voice internationally."
Wu Yinong and Taipei City Councilor Xu Jiabei were sweeping the streets in Beisongshan this morning. The media asked whether the video of the Facebook PO foreign media interview would be a sprint with land and air combat in the final countdown stage? Wu Yinong pointed out that PO released the video interviewed by foreign media to let everyone know that whether he is the head of a non-profit organization NGO or a representative of public opinion in the future, he will definitely seize every opportunity to speak out for Taiwan internationally. "I think This is what all public figures should do."
After the Ukraine-Russia War, the international community paid more attention to cross-strait relations. Wu Yinong pointed out that after the Ukraine-Russia War, foreign media began to care about whether Taiwanese people had the determination and willingness to protect their homeland and maintain peace in the Taiwan Strait. He believes that what people saw was a more complete Taiwan. In addition to policy efforts, civil society has many partners, groups, and people who devote their time and efforts to safeguard their homes.
Wu Yinong taught the people how to respond to disasters at the Magnificent Taiwan Alliance. He expressed the hope that people see is his efforts in civic groups, "I hope everyone sees that if I become a representative of public opinion in the future, I will continue to use this method to speak out for Taiwan internationally. "
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Use action to protect the platform! Wu Yinong's 60-minute interview revisited the 60-minute interview: It is an honour to speak for Taiwan
Image : Wu Yinong posted on Facebook late at night on the 4th a clip of an exclusive interview with CBS 60 Minutes in the United States last year, reiterating that Taiwanese must show the international determination to protect Taiwan. (taken from Facebook)
Wu Yinong, a by-election candidate for the DPP's Taipei third constituency (North Songshan, Zhongshan) legislature, has long been concerned about Taiwan's national security issues. On 4 January 2023 he posted on Facebook that he accepted an exclusive video interview with CBS last year , talking about related issues, and reiterated, "I am honored to have the opportunity to speak out for Taiwan and introduce the feelings and efforts of the people to the international community. I also hope that everyone can help me, so that we can be more powerful for everyone and for Taiwan and do more."
Wu Yinong posted a clip of an exclusive interview with CBS on Facebook yesterday, and said that Taiwan’s visibility in the international media has been low for a long time. To speak up for Taiwan, it is even more important for the international community to have a correct understanding of Taiwan's situation.
Wu Yinong pointed out that after the 2020 Legislative Election, their team established the "Magnificent Taiwan Alliance" to provide disaster response training through the "Backup Plan", so that everyone can help each other and become each other's backing in the face of emergencies, increasing the resilience of Taiwan society as a whole, which also attracted the attention and reports of foreign media in 2021.
After the Ukraine-Russia War broke out in February 2022, many foreign media flooded into Taiwan, eager to know whether the Taiwanese people were willing and able to defend Taiwan's national security. An independent NGO such as the "Magnificent Taiwan Alliance" has launched the "Backup Project" since 2020, and thousands of trainees have participated in the training. It has shown to the international community that the people of Taiwan not only attach great importance to national security, but are more willing to use them. "I am honored to have the opportunity to speak out for Taiwan and introduce the feelings and efforts of the people to the international community. I also hope that everyone can help me, so that we can do more for everyone and for Taiwan."
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Wu Yinong: Criticism and saliva cannot drown out our enthusiasm
Reporter : Yang Xinhui / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/breakingnews/4175862 / Image : Wu Yinong said that the opponent's criticism and saliva cannot overwhelm our enthusiasm and seriousness in public affairs. (Photo by reporter Tian Yuhua)
Wu Yinong, a by-election candidate for the DPP’s third constituency in Taipei City (North Songshan and Zhongshan), gave a speech at the “Miaokou” of Songze Palace in Zhongshan District last night. On 26 November, the DPP lost. Of course, the people can punish the DPP but it is enough to slap it lightly, so as not to kill it. However, Wang Hongwei criticized that the DPP fell into a "severe coma", and it is by no means a light slap. Wu Yinong said that the opponent's criticism and saliva cannott drown the DPP's enthusiasm and seriousness in public affairs.
Wu Yinong carried out a convoy sweeping the streets in Beisongshan District this afternoon. Before the meeting, he was interviewed by the media and said, "After the defeat of the DPP on 26 November, the entire party has continued to review from top to bottom. We want everyone to see that we are takinge very seriously any doubts from the public about us, especially everyone's requests and expectations. We were disappointed in the past because we expected us to do better."
Wu Yinong emphasized, "Each partner is working very hard and hopes to win back the support of the public. I believe that everyone will be in this election. Although it is only a short period of 5 weeks, I believe that everyone can see a serious candidates sincere and willing to come together to face problems."
Wu Yinong believes that the opponent's criticism and any saliva cannot be drowned out, nor will it drown out their enthusiasm and seriousness in public affairs. There is a chance to win everyone's support.
Wu Yinong pointed out that Beisongshan is the place where he grew up, and he once again won the support of the residents in the place where he grew up, so that everyone can see that he has specific opinions and political opinions, whether it is in national security, improving competitiveness, or making Taiwan more international. He believes that what voters are looking forward to is an election campaign that brings the election back to issues and political opinions. In the past five weeks, countless parlor meetings and 8 Yinong lectures have been held. He has seen that voters are very supportive of using a positive way to compete. He also looks forward to 8 January when everyone comes out to vote.
News (8) to (13) / Reporters : Zhao Fenghua and Jiang Xin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/05/a103617367.html
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Anhui Suixi Road burst into flames, the cause is unknown
In the afternoon of 4 January 2023, in Suixi County, Huaibei City, Anhui Province, flames suddenly burst out on an empty road and ignited a big fire.
The video shows that many fires are burning on the road, the fire is fierce, and thick smoke is billowing. Casualties and the cause of the fire are unknown.
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Rumour has it that Shandong Shouguang Tongcheng Pharmaceutical Company exploded, casualties unknown
On 3 January 2023, it was reported on the Internet that an explosion occurred at Tongcheng Pharmaceutical Company located in Shouguang City, Shandong Province. The fire at the explosion site was ferocious, with thick smoke and screams.
Explosions were heard many times at the scene, and billowing smoke filled the air like a mushroom cloud.
The Chinese Communist Party has not yet reported on the explosion, and the specific casualties are unknown.
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Crematoriums across the country are overcrowded as death surges
The recent surge in the number of deaths in mainland China has overwhelmed the funeral system. On 2 January 2023, a crematorium in Zhengzhou was crowded with people who bid farewell to the dead early in the morning.
Some netizens have collected the current live situation of crematoria in various parts of China, including Linyi, Shandong and other cities. The video shows that there are crowds of people everywhere, and there are even long queues.
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Acute patients surge, Beijing hospital aisles full of patients
Recently, the number of emergency patients in various parts of mainland China has skyrocketed, and the medical system has collapsed. A video from 4 January 2022 showed that in a hospital in Beijing, even the aisles were full of patients.
Local people: "Look at the corridor, it's full of patients."
"Aisle, the corridor to the elevator,"
"It's all sick."
"Lying on the ground, look."
"Every corner, on the ground, is sick."
"This is the bathroom, and there are people."
"The common people are suffering too much."
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Generals of the Communist Party of China lost to the virus, Song Qingwei and others died together
Recently, military personnel of the CCP died of illness in groups, including many senior generals, most of whom were members of the CCP.
The CCP official reported on 4 January 2022 that Song Qingwei, a general of the CCP, former political commissar and party secretary of the Jinan Military Region, died of illness on 27 December 2022.
Ji Zhanbin, former commander of the 12th Tank Division of the Communist Party of China and former commander of the Qinghai Provincial Military Region, died of illness on 24 December 2022.
General Li Jing, the former deputy chief of the general staff of the Communist Party of China, died of illness on 30 December 2022.
Wang Xinlan, the wife of the late CCP general Xiao Hua and former deputy political commissar of the logistics department of the Lanzhou Military Region, died of illness on 30 December 2022.
Shi Guangli, a retired deputy division official of the Suzhou Fifth Retired Cadre Rest Center of the Jiangsu Provincial Military Region of the Communist Party of China and former consultant of the 13th Aviation School of the Air Force, died of illness on 27 December 2022.
Liu Shuangquan, former commander of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps of the Communist Party of China, died of illness on 9 December 2022.
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Hu Xijin: Beijing is almost full of covi-positive people
Celebrities in the Chinese Communist Party's news circle have recently died together. Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, who was ridiculed by netizens as Hu Diaopan, published an article on 4 January 2023 saying that two colleagues he knew died recently, but he did not name the deceased.
Hu Xijin also said, "One of them must be covi-positive." "Now that the virus is almost everywhere in Beijing, I guess the other one may also be covi-positive." "Thinking of the controversy surrounding the death statistics of covid, I feel uncomfortable. "
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China's epidemic intensifies, Canadian experts call for transparent data to prevent variants
Reporters : Gao Yunlin, Lin Xi, Shu Can / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/05/a103617390.html
The CCP concealed the real data of the epidemic, causing concern in the international community. More and more countries require inbound passengers from China to submit covi-negative virus test certificates. Experts say that China's epidemic data transparency is more effective in epidemic prevention.
To prevent the outbreak of the epidemic in China from spilling over and in order to protect the health and safety of their people, Canada and other countries have recently required passengers from the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau to submit a covi-negative virus test certificate before boarding the plane.
Kerry Bowman, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto: "Usually it doesn't do much, and people can test covi-positive a few days after they do the test. (So) it's not the best approach."
Even as hospitals and funeral homes in mainland China are overwhelmed, CCP state media has been downplaying the severity of the outbreak. What is more, officials have stopped universal nucleic acid testing and no longer report new infections, making it difficult to track case data in China.
Kerry Bowman said, "We need to count covid data according to international standards, but it is difficult to imagine that the number of deaths (in China) is so small. The real concern is sharing information."
Experts urged the Chinese authorities to increase the transparency of epidemic data, which would be more helpful to global epidemic prevention, and urged the Canadian government to pay attention to new variants from China.
Kerry Bowman: "It's very, very important for all of us to share as much information as possible."
Canada has stepped up monitoring of the new variant virus, and the international airports in Vancouver and Toronto will test the wastewater from all incoming flights.
Kerry Bowman: "We need to do (wastewater) testing at the airport, wastewater (testing) has been proven to be a very effective way to understand the spread of the virus, and it will not be given to people because of restrictions, isolation and testing and prevent personal pressure."
News (15) to (19) / Reporter : Luo Tingting / Editor in charge: Wen Hui / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2023/01/05/a103617387.html
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U.S. President Joe Biden: Worried about China's handling of outbreak
Image : On 4 January 2023, U.S. President Biden delivered a speech in Kentucky. (Michael Swensen/Getty Images)
U.S. President Joe Biden said on 4 January 2023 that he is concerned about the way the Chinese government is currently handling covid.
On the same day, Joe Biden was asked by reporters during his visit to Kentucky whether he was "worried" about the way the Chinese government is currently handling the epidemic. He replied, "Yes, I am concerned."
"I know they're sensitive when we say they haven't been candid," Biden said, "but I think we just need to have a procedure that we have in place, which is, if you fly in from China, you get tested, Wait and China doesn't have..."
A day earlier, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a regular press conference that the United States requires passengers from China to be tested before departure.
“(This) is not only due to the covid epidemic in China, but also due to the lack of full transparency from China. If China wants to see countries repeal the requirements that have been put in place, there is a way to help achieve this, then it’s about increasing transparency.”
On 3 January 2023, the WHO invited CCP experts to participate in a closed-door video conference, and once again asked China to provide reliable data on the epidemic, including detailed information such as virus gene sequencing.
Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO's public health emergencies program, said: "We believe that the data released by the Chinese Communist Party does not fully reflect the true situation of covid in terms of hospitalization rates, intensive care unit utilization rates, and especially mortality rates.”
After the meeting, the WHO issued a statement on the latest epidemic data submitted by the CCP, pointing out that the CCP’s data is inaccurate and does not accurately reflect the true situation of the epidemic in China, especially the number of people who were hospitalized and died.
Image : On 3 January 2023, Shanghai Tongren Hospital was full of severely ill patients. (Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images)
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated at the press conference that WHO expressed concern about the situation in China, "We continue to ask China (CCP) to provide more rapid and regular information on infections and deaths, as well as more comprehensive real-time sequencing of the virus and other reliable data."
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CCP continues to downplay the severity of the epidemic
However, while the international community is paying attention to the epidemic in China, the CCP’s official media is trying to downplay the severity of the epidemic in China.
On 2 January 2023, the Chinese Communist Party officially reported only 3 new deaths. Before that, one or several deaths were reported every day. However, videos of corpses piled up in funeral parlors around the country went viral on social media, and the outside world seriously questioned the authenticity of the CCP's official data.
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1 in 15 crematoririums in Shanghai now burns up to 500 corpses per day
There are 15 crematoriums in Shanghai, and in the past, less than 300 corpses were cremated every day. At present, just one crematorium burns 400 to 500 corpses every day. Photos posted on the Internet show that a funeral home in Shanghai can only put the ashes of the deceased in bags and stack them on the ground in plastic baskets.
Agence France-Presse reporters visited two hospitals in Shanghai on 3 January 2023 and saw that the emergency wards could not accommodate more people. Hundreds of patients, mostly elderly, were lying on stretchers in public spaces. Many people were receiving oxygen. They could be seen breathing with difficulty.
Beijing's medical system is also nearly paralyzed, and some hospitals have to place a large number of patients outdoors. There are also online videos showing that Beijing's Miyun District is stepping up the construction of simple crematoriums. The staff of the Civil Affairs Bureau of the district confirmed to the Epoch Times reporter that they were indeed requisitioning crematoriums.
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Singapore professor: China's transparency problem always exists
Alfred Ng, an associate professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, told Reuters that he did not think China would disclose the data in good faith. "They would rather keep it secret for themselves, otherwise they would say nothing happened, nothing new... China's transparency problem has always existed".
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Xi Jinping ranks second in risk forecasts for 2023
On 3 January 2023, the Eurasia Group, an American political risk consulting company, announced the top ten global political risk forecasts for 2023. Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping ranked second.
"Due to reduced testing and sequencing, China is less likely to detect new variants, nor is it likely that China will let word of more serious variants emerge due to an overwhelmed health system and Xi Jinping's record on transparency," the report said.
The report warns that countries around the world will have little time to prepare for a deadlier virus if a new variant emerges in China.
In the case of the outbreak of the epidemic, the CCP announced that it will resume normal entry and exit from 8 January 2023. Countries around the world are very worried that the outbreak of the epidemic in China will hit the world again. At present, dozens of countries including the United States, Japan, South Korea, and the United Kingdom have begun to implement entry testing and restrictions on passengers from China.
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Get ready to publish the first virus sequences! Wang Bisheng: The covi-positive rate of Chinese entry is too high
Reporter : Wu Liangyi / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/4175713 / Image : The command center announced today that the positive rate of those entering from China on the 3rd of this month was as high as 17.9%. Commander Wang Bisheng said that the virus sequencing of the first confirmed case will be announced tomorrow as soon as possible. (Picture provided by Command Center)
The Central Epidemic Command Center announced on 5 January 2023 that the covi-positive rate of entry from China on the 3rd of this month was as high as 17.9%. Commander Wang Bisheng judged from the covi-positive rate of Chinese immigrants in the past few days, it is considered high, "the virus sequencing of the first confirmed person will be announced as soon as tomorrow (6 January 2023)."
From 1 to 3 January, the positive rate of people entering China from China ranged from 17.9% to 25%. Wang Bisheng said that this also reflects that the epidemic in China is almost at its peak.".
Taiwan still prohibits Chinese from the mainland entering the country The vast majority of those who enter from China are Taiwanese who return to China. When entering the country, saliva PCR testing is required, and virus sequencing will also be done and announced. The first sequence will be announced on 6 January at the earliest. .
Some media asked, now Europe and the United States are also popular in a new wave, and the mainstream mutant subtypes are BQ.1, XBB, etc. Why not do PCR and sequencing for European and American countries? Wang Bisheng said that these are not new subtypes of mutant strains, and their characteristics are already familiar. "We are not worried about them. What we are worried about is unknown mutant viruses. We don't know if there are new mutant viruses. Threat, more severe virulence, higher lethality? This is what we worry about.”
At the end of last month, China announced that it would no longer publish the number of cases, virus sequencing and monitoring. The World Health Organization (WHO) and other countries have condemned China, and imposed a series of bans on Chinese immigrants, or required PCR testing and other regulations. It is worried that the emergence of new mutant strains in China has not been detected.
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The upper respiratory tract is the main flu symptom, and the Wuhan pneumonia is a systemic symptom? Physician dispels rumours
Image : The online map claims that "flu symptoms are mainly in the upper respiratory tract, and the covid is a systemic symptom", but in fact the symptoms of influenza and covi infection are similar, and it is difficult to distinguish between the two based on symptoms. (Extracted from the website of "TFC Taiwan Fact Checking Center")
Recently, a picture card has been circulated on social platforms saying "Flu? Covid? Don't be so stupid. The flu symptoms are mainly respiratory tract, and the covid is a systemic symptom"? After checking, the fact-checking organization pointed out that the symptoms of influenza and Wuhan pneumonia (covid, COVID-19) infection are similar, and it is difficult to distinguish the two by symptoms. Tuka said that the symptoms of influenza and covid are different, which is wrong information.
The "Fact Check Report" released by "TFC Taiwan Fact Check Center" on 5 January 2023 pointed out that since the end of December last year, a picture card has been circulated on social platforms saying: "New crown? Flu? Don't be stupid and unclear", and lists Influenza symptoms are mainly respiratory symptoms, sneezing, nasal congestion, fever, runny nose, dry throat, itchy throat, sore throat; while covid symptoms are mainly systemic symptoms, fever, muscle aches, diarrhea, dry cough without phlegm, shortness of breath, dyspnea, decreased sense of smell and taste.
Qi Jiayu, an associate researcher at the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccines of the National Institutes of Health, said that in addition to respiratory symptoms, influenza can also have systemic symptoms, such as gastrointestinal symptoms, diarrhea, and muscle aches all over the body; For covid, there will also be difficulty breathing, shortness of breath and other symptoms. She reminded the public that at present, the new variant of covid virus has less taste and smell abnormalities.
Qi Jiayu concluded that both covid virus and influenza virus are viruses that mainly infect the respiratory tract, and both may enter the lower respiratory tract to cause pneumonia. The symptoms of the two are very similar, and it is difficult to distinguish them only by symptoms.
Based on the above, the inspection center concluded that the symptoms of influenza and covi infection are similar, and symptoms such as fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose,d nasal congestion, muscle aches, headache, and diarrhoea may occur. It is not accurate to distinguish between the two based on symptoms alone.
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