China CDC: Eg.5 Asian strains will not cause a scale of a scale in the short term

The new crown disease subcontinental mutant plant EG.5 has caused a new wave of crown disease worldwide in many places, but the National CDC believes that EG.5 will not cause a large -scale epidemic in China in the short term.

The WeChat public account "National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", a subsidiary of China National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, published EG.5 mutation in science and answer, saying that EG.5 mutant plants in ChinaThe proportion has increased from 0.6%in April to 71.6%in August, forming an advantage in most provinces.

But the CDC said that China has experienced the popularity of the mutant strains of the Omikon XBB series in April to June this year..5 Mutant strains still have the effect of immune protection. In addition, the current national epidemic is at low levels and wave -type popular trends. The pressure on medical systems in various places is less pressure. Therefore, a large -scale epidemic is judged in the short term.

The CDC also pointed out that China ’s monitoring data shows that the clinical types of EG.5 mutant strain infected and other XBB Asian branches are not significantly different, and there are many countries that have popular EG.5 mutant plants.Among them, there were no reports that increased the severity of the disease due to the infection of EG.5 mutations.

EG.5 mutant strains were discovered in Indonesia on February 17, 2023. On July 19 of the same year, they were listed as "monitoring strains in monitoring" by the World Health Organization (WHO). August 9The daily adjustment is "follow the mutation strains".EG.5 has recently caused a new wave of crown diseases in the world, and the number of new crown cases in the world has also increased by 80 % in the past month.

The World Health Organization pointed out in a weekly report released on August 11 that EG.5 seems to be more spread than other popular variants and shows the ability to evade immune, but there is no sign to show EG.5 Causes more serious crown disease, and the risk of global public health is also "low".