The number of patients treated in fever clinics at Chinese medical institutions has decreased since New Year's Day. However, Chinese health officials stated on sunday that the Covid-19 infection pandemic in china might reappear in january, according to the China-based Global Times.
During a press briefing, National health Commission spokeswoman Mi Feng stated that the number of patients seen in fever clinics in health institutions across china has been fluctuating downward. Currently, respiratory disorders are primarily influenza-related, with Covid-19 infection at a low incidence.
According to Wang Dayan, director of the china National Influenza Centre, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), the positive rate of Covid-19 virus testing in sentinel hospitals remained below one percent after the New Year's Day holiday, while the proportion of the JN.1 variant strain increased.
Experts anticipate china will continue to see alternating or co-circulating respiratory diseases during winter and spring, with influenza viruses prevailing in the near term, according to The Global Times. According to Wang, the Covid-19 outbreak may reappear in january due to ongoing importation of the JN.1 variation strain, a steady drop in indigenous influenza, and a decline in population immunity, with the JN.1 variant extremely likely to emerge as the dominant variety in China.
During a press briefing, National health Commission spokeswoman Mi Feng stated that the number of patients seen in fever clinics in health institutions across china has been fluctuating downward. Currently, respiratory disorders are primarily influenza-related, with Covid-19 infection at a low incidence.
According to Wang Dayan, director of the china National Influenza Centre, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), the positive rate of Covid-19 virus testing in sentinel hospitals remained below one percent after the New Year's Day holiday, while the proportion of the JN.1 variant strain increased.
Experts anticipate china will continue to see alternating or co-circulating respiratory diseases during winter and spring, with influenza viruses prevailing in the near term, according to The Global Times. According to Wang, the Covid-19 outbreak may reappear in january due to ongoing importation of the JN.1 variation strain, a steady drop in indigenous influenza, and a decline in population immunity, with the JN.1 variant extremely likely to emerge as the dominant variety in China.
