After the daily confirmed cases of the new coronavirus fell for five consecutive days, yesterday (14th) rebounded by 5% to 7,579 cases. Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that the number of confirmed cases has stabilized and decreased slightly in recent days, and the figures released yesterday reflect that The rapid test situation two or three days ago did not reflect the situation after the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, so it took a few more days to see, but various indicators have seen some stabilization.
According to the real-time effective reproduction rate of local cases compiled by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, the latest average has dropped to 1.03, which means that each confirmed case infects one person.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world is at the best time to end the new crown virus epidemic, urging countries to step up efforts to combat the epidemic that has killed more than 6 million people, "We are not there yet, but the epidemic is over. Looking forward." He urged countries to vaccinate all high-risk groups against the new crown virus and continue to test for the virus.
Overview of yesterday's epidemic:
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9.14｜An increase of 7,579 confirmed cases rebounded by 5% Zhang Zhujun: Reflecting the figures two or three days ago
The average immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases dropped to 1.03 on September 13, which means that each patient is infected with about one person.
(Photo of HKU Faculty of Medicine)
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