Hong Kong Expert: Crown disease and influenza will take turns to outbreak every six mo

(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) Hong Kong experts said that the crown disease epidemic disrupted the influenza outbreak cycle. It is expected that the future crown disease and influenza will occur, and it will outbreak every six months.

Comprehensive Sing Tao Daily and Hong Kong 01 reported that Kong Fusongyi, 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, said in a TV program that the peak of the summer flu in Hong Kong has reached the end, butCrown disease cases show signs of rising, and it is estimated that it will usher in a peak in November.

Kong Fanyi said that after the peak of crown disease, the peak period of delayed winter influenza will be ushered in from from February to April next year, which means that future flu and crown disease will be staggered, and the peak period will be outbreak every six months.

He is worried that if the peak period of flu and crown epidemic overlap, the ward usage rate will exceed 150%to 160%, and the hospitals will be seriously inadequate at that time.

However, Kong Fanyi also said that because most Hong Kong citizens have vaccinated at least three doses of vaccines or have been infected, the level of mixed immunization or antibody in the entire society is sufficient, and Hong Kong people do not need to worry too much.

Hong Kong has increased crown cases in September, and 806 confirmed cases were detected in the last week of September, an increase of 111 from the previous week.According to Hong Kong wireless news reports, 100 to 120 patients with crown diseases are admitted to the hospital every day.

Shi Zhengli, a well -known virusist in the Institute of Wuhan Virus Research, also published a paper in July this year saying that "extremely likely" in the future will have another epidemic caused by coronary virus.

Shi Zhengli and colleagues evaluated the risk of overflowing the human overflow of 40 coronary viruses and rated half of them as "high risk".She also warned that the world must be prepared for diseases like crown disease.