Hong Kong experts believe that the crown disease epidemic has disrupted the cycle of influenza virus outbreak and warned that future flu virus and coronal virus will bring turns to a popular peak every six months, and medical resources will be severely crowded.
Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily and the Internet media "Hong Kong 01" reported that Kong Fushi, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases and Clinical professors of the Department of Science at the University of Hong Kong's School of Medicine, made on Saturday (October 7)The above forecast.
Kong Fanyi said that the outbreak of the crown disease epidemic delayed the peak of the summer flu to August to October, and the influenza in winter was postponed to February to April of the following year, and the summer flu and the winter flu cycle were mixed again.Crown disease epidemic peak.He judged that these two viruses would be plums, and each six months brought a popular peak.
Kong Fanyi said that this means "basically almost every month, 365 days a year, there may be new crowns (crown disease), influenza, and respiratory tract syntitropic virus RSV."He is worried that if the peak period of the flu and the crown disease overlap, the ward's usage rate will exceed 150%to 160%, and the hospitals will be seriously short of time.
In response to the current trend of the crown disease epidemic in Hong Kong, Kong Fusong said that since October, the crown disease cases in Hong Kong have indeed risen, but it will not reach its peak.He believes that most of the citizens in Hong Kong have vaccinated three -dose of coronary vaccine, and the entire society has established an epidemic prevention barrier for coronary virus, and there is no need to worry too much.
However, Kong Fanyi said that the antibodies of the elderly to the coronary virus will decrease faster. Therefore, it is recommended that people over 75 years old and senior people over the hospital for vaccination at least one dose of vaccine reinforcement agents will be recommended to increaseImmunity to prevent severe illnesses.He predicts that the new generation of coronary vaccine is expected to be available next month to effectively deal with the current popular XBB crown disease.
Kong Fanyi also predicts that a new wave of nail -type H1 virus will be popular with the population of the upstart from February to April next year.Vaccine, strengthen antibody, prepare for this wave of influenza.
