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Singapore President confirmed covid-19, monkeypox epidemic may be out of control in the United States! Biden was accused of acting too slowly! How big is the impact of soaring concept stocks?
By omicronia variant ba 4、BA. 5 attacks, the global epidemic situation once again counterattack. Who director general tandesay said that the global epidemic is still not optimistic, ba 4、BA. The total number of new cases in the world increased by 20% due to 5 strains, with an upward trend in 110 countries and regions. On the evening of July 4 local time, Singapore President Halima and Singapore parliament speaker chenchuanren said that they had been diagnosed with novel coronavirus.
At the same time, the monkeypox epidemic in the United States also suddenly issued a strong warning. On July 3 local time, the US "Capitol Hill" reported that American infectious disease experts and public health advocates warned that the Biden administration's response to the monkeypox epidemic was too slow, and the monkeypox epidemic in the United States might be out of control.
In response to the growing monkeypox epidemic in Europe and the United States, the National Health Commission recently released the technical guide for monkeypox prevention and control (2022 version), which mentioned that during the isolation of existing inbound personnel, while screening for novel coronavirus infection, all regions should take the initiative to conduct monkeypox virus screening on inbound personnel. Stimulated by a series of news, A-share monkeypox concept stocks continued to rise on July 4. As of the close, monkeypox index rose by more than 5%.
Confirmed by the president of Singapore
On the evening of July 4 local time, Singapore President Halima revealed on social media that she had been diagnosed with novel coronavirus and had mild symptoms at present. In addition, chenchuanren, the speaker of the Singapore parliament, also posted an article saying that he was diagnosed during the test before the Congress meeting. At present, he has cold symptoms and is in good condition. He also reminded the public to remain vigilant and vaccinate with booster shots.
By omicronia variant ba 4、BA. The epidemic situation in Singapore has been counterattacked by the 5 attacks. At the end of June, the number of new confirmed cases in Singapore once exceeded 10000 in a single day, a new high since March this year, and the weekly infection rate soared.
Singapore's minister of health, Wang Yikang, said that the next wave of covid-19 infection in Singapore came earlier than expected, and the surge in the number of local infections was mainly caused by the omicronya variant ba 4、BA. 5 driven. He predicted that there would be more virus waves driven by new variants in the future.
The global epidemic has also shown a new round of rebound. The latest global epidemic weekly report released by the World Health Organization (who) shows that Omicron Ba, which is more infectious 4、BA. 5 has become the main strain. Who director general tandesay said that the global epidemic is still not optimistic, ba 4、BA. The total number of new cases in the world increased by 20% due to 5 strains, with an upward trend in 110 countries and regions.
Among them, more than 3million new confirmed cases have been added in the United States in the past 28 days, and 9111 new deaths have been added in the past 28 days, all of which are the highest in the world; The situation in the UK is also not optimistic. Jeanne Harris, chief executive of the British health and safety authority, said on July 3 that the number of hospitalizations in the UK for covid-19 is likely to increase to a level higher than the peak in April this year in the next few weeks; German health officials warned that with the new subtype Ba of Omicron strain 5. According to the communication, Germany will face a "difficult autumn", and it is suggested to launch a mandatory "indoor mask order" again.
Risk of losing control
The monkeypox epidemic in the United States suddenly issued a strong warning.
On July 3 local time, the US "Capitol Hill" reported that American infectious disease experts and public health advocates warned that the Biden administration's response to the monkeypox epidemic was too slow, and the United States might lose control of the monkeypox epidemic.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), monkeypox cases have been found in 30 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia in the United States, with a total of 460 cases in the United States, the Capitol Hill said. However, American infectious disease experts believe that this figure is obviously underestimated, because the number of monkeypox tests in the United States is too small, resulting in many potential infected people have no chance to test at all.
This report interviewed a number of experts in the field of infectious diseases and public health in the United States. Most experts said that the U.S. government's response to monkeypox was the same as the worst part of the early COVID-19. Severe limited testing and slow vaccine introduction will lead to the spread of the virus undetected.
Among them, David Harvey, executive director of the American Association of directors of sexually transmitted diseases (NCSD), pointed out that the U.S. government is "bureaucratic" and "slow" in simplifying testing, providing vaccines, and simplifying access to the best treatment, which means that the United States may not be able to control the epidemic.
In addition, James krellenstein, co-founder of the HIV treatment advocacy organization prep4all, attacked that he was worried about the poor monkeypox testing situation in the United States in the past month. This was an obvious mistake that could have been prevented. Obviously, the government did not learn from the early outbreak of novel coronavirus.
In late June this year, the U.S. government officially authorized commercial laboratories to carry out monkeypox testing to improve the detection capacity of monkeypox virus, but this measure will take up to one month to increase the detection capacity of the United States from 8000 times a week to 10000 times a week. This obviously cannot meet a large number of potential suspected patients, leading to the monkeypox epidemic continues to spread secretly.
It should be pointed out that the sampling process of monkeypox detection is relatively simple, as long as the skin lesion is wiped. And different from novel coronavirus, the CDC has a relatively mature testing method, but those who participate in the testing must meet a series of standards to obtain the test qualification.
In this regard, Dr. Celine gonder, an American epidemiologist and special editor of Caesar health news, said that commercial laboratories should have been involved earlier and should be more active and rapid in testing. The current situation also shows the bureaucratic style of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and prevention.
Monkeypox vaccine plan, is it too late?
However, facing the monkeypox epidemic in the United States, the Biden administration is very optimistic. Ashish JHA, the White House covid-19 coordinator, said at a recent meeting that monkeypox is very different from novel coronavirus. It is not a new thing. It is not as highly infectious as novel coronavirus. The United States has a vaccine against monkeypox.
At present, Biden government is planning to deal with monkeypox epidemic by expanding vaccination. But critics point out that these efforts may be too late.
The White House announced that tens of thousands of third-generation smallpox vaccine jynneos will be distributed. The current inventory is about 350000 doses, and the 300000 doses purchased will be sent from Denmark in a few days. It is expected that a total of 1.6 million doses of vaccine will be provided this year.
However, in fact, less than a day after the appointment of monkeypox vaccine was opened in New York City and Washington, D.C., all vaccines were "robbed", and the official website of the appointment had to close access after 10 minutes.
According to a report in the Capitol Hill on the 3rd, U.S. officials said that about 56000 doses of monkeypox vaccine in the U.S. national strategic reserve will be distributed immediately, and the government plans to distribute 296000 doses of vaccine in the next few weeks. According to a spokesman for Danish vaccine manufacturer Bavarian Nordic, 300000 doses of vaccine have been delivered or will be delivered in the next few days.
Jon Andrus, an associate professor at the Milken Institute of public health at George Washington University, said that the United States will continue to repeat the mistakes of covid-19, because in the COVID-19 that has experienced more than five waves, every time it seems to start from scratch, every time it seems to be caught off guard.
More than 6100 confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide
As of July 2, 67 countries outside central Africa and West Africa have reported a total of 6178 confirmed cases of monkeypox and 51 suspected cases. Among them, Britain, Spain and Germany are the three countries with the largest number of confirmed cases, with 1235 cases, 1196 cases and 1054 cases respectively.
At present, this round of monkeypox epidemic mainly occurred in Europe and North America, with a total of 5262 confirmed cases in Europe and 692 confirmed cases in North America; On June 21, Singapore confirmed the first imported monkeypox case, and the monkeypox epidemic was introduced into Asia.
According to the official website of the United Nations, who regional director for Europe Kruger said on July 1 that Europe constitutes the monkeypox epidemic center. Since mid May, monkeypox cases reported by who in Europe account for nearly 90% of all laboratory confirmed and globally reported cases, and the number of cases has tripled in the past two weeks.
In terms of the growth rate of monkeypox cases, 707 new cases were confirmed on July 1, with an average of 291.5 confirmed cases per day in the past seven days, at a stage of accelerated growth.
This round of monkeypox epidemic is abnormal from the previous historical situation, with rapid spread and unclear transmission chain. At the same time, gene sequencing results show that the virus has nearly 50 mutations, and the subsequent development deserves close attention.
Tan Desai said at a press conference on June 29 that he had adopted the recommendations of the emergency committee and would convene a meeting as soon as possible to assess the rapidly evolving situation of monkeypox transmission.
With regard to the growing monkeypox epidemic in Europe and the United States, the National Health Commission released the technical guidelines for monkeypox prevention and control (2022 version) on July 1. It is mentioned that during the isolation period of the existing inbound personnel, while screening for covid-19 infection, all regions should take the initiative to screen the inbound personnel for monkeypox virus, especially those who have monkeypox epidemic information to the country within 21 days before entering the country, closely monitor the rash situation, and if any suspicious personnel or suspected cases are found, they should timely report to the disease control institutions under their jurisdiction and transfer them to the designated medical institutions for treatment according to the relevant regulations.
Stimulated by a series of news, A-share monkeypox concept stocks continued to rise on July 4. As of the close, monkeypox index rose by more than 5%. Among them, Zhijiang biological increased by 15.7% in a single day, Lanwei medical increased by more than 12%, Wuzhong, Jiangsu increased by the limit, Oriental biological increased by more than 7%, and shuoshi biological increased by more than 5%.
Zhongtai Securities said that in view of the monkeypox epidemic in Europe and the United States and the superposition of domestic import risks, it was concerned about the development of detection kits and treatment and other related targets.
