The first confirmed case of the British variant of the virus has been reported in China. However, it is difficult to see the news in the mainland media.
The British variant of Wuhan pneumonia virus is spreading rapidly around the world, and China also confirmed the first confirmed case of the variant virus on the 30th. However, it is difficult to see the relevant news in the mainland media.
According to official Chinese Communist Party sources, the first person to be infected with the British variant of Wuhan pneumonia virus in China is a 23-year-old female student.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a research report on the 30th that said the student had returned to Shanghai from the UK by plane a few days ago and tested positive on the 14th. On Dec. 24, genetic testing of the patient’s sample revealed that the strain was different from the previous strain detected in Shanghai in November, and further research confirmed that the patient was infected with the same strain of the variant “VUI202012/01” that has been circulating in the United Kingdom since late October. The patient was infected with the same strain of the variant “VUI202012/01” that has been circulating in the UK since late October.
The CDC emphasizes that this patient is the first confirmed case of the British variant of the virus on the mainland and poses a great potential threat to the prevention and control of the outbreak.
It is reported that the infectivity of the British variant virus has increased by 40-70% compared to the original virus. However, some experts believe that this does not mean that the UK variant virus is more dangerous.
Currently, confirmed cases of the UK variant virus have been seen in more than 20 countries and regions worldwide. In Asia, in addition to China, cases of this variant of the virus have been reported in India, South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Notably, the news of the emergence of an enhanced infectious variant of the virus in China has not been reported much in the mainland media. A report on Taiwan’s TVBS News said, “The mainland media reported extensively on the launch of the first batch of the new domestic crown vaccine, claiming that the protection effectiveness had 79.34% free administration for all, but the other news (the first case of the British variant of the virus in the mainland), rarely appeared in the news.”
In the past few days, the epidemic has become more and more serious in many parts of the mainland, especially in Liaoning. But as usual with news of the emergence of a variant virus in Shanghai, news of the epidemic across the mainland media has been weak or even blocked as usual.
China Watch has learned from informed sources that the Dalian city government has given a firm order not to take the lead in announcing deaths until it is absolutely necessary. According to the sources, the Sixth People’s Hospital in Dalian has strengthened its security system and has asked its staff to strictly prohibit the disclosure of information about the epidemic to the outside world, especially not to accept interviews with foreign media.
On December 28, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released the results of a study that found that 4.43% of those tested may have been infected with Wuhan pneumonia after testing for antibodies to the serum New Coronavirus (also known as Chinese Common Virus, COVID-19) in a community-based population in the Wuhan area in April. This means that up to 500,000 people in Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, have been infected with Wuhan pneumonia virus, a figure about 10 times higher than the 50,000 confirmed cases reported locally by health authorities in mid-April. The findings reaffirm that the Chinese Communist Party is hiding the outbreak from the outside world.
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