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COVID-19 infection in Beijing drawing to end; capital to investigate residents' serum antibody levels for future reference: Beijing CDC official
Published: Jan 31, 2023 09:45 PM
An official from the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Beijing CDC) said the capital's COVID-19 infection is drawing to a close, thanks to temporary immunity built during the infection peak. Whisking away the Chinese New Year travel rush's risk for the city, the official also said Beijing is set to conduct an investigation of its population's serum antibody levels during February and March, for reference for future COVID-19 control.
From January 23 to 29, patients with flu-like symptoms received by key Beijing hospitals fell 40.87 percent week-on-week and 84.53 percent year-on-year, Wang Quanyi, deputy head of Beijing's CDC, told the Beijing News on Tuesday.
He noted that Beijing took samples from 453 patients with flu-like symptoms, 23 of which were positive for novel coronavirus.
The official whisked away the risk of Chinese New Year travel on the capital. Wang said that temporary immunity was built among the population during the outbreak at the end of last year, so an outbreak is unlikely for at least another three months.
In an interview with the Global Times previously, Zeng Guang, former chief epidemiologist of the Chinese CDC, said that it is estimated that 80 percent of the capital's population was infected with COVID-19 during the recent exit wave.....
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