Whether the lethality of the new crown epidemic has been reduced and the calculation method of the mortality rate of the infection have been controversial in recent months.
The Centre for Health Protection said today (16th) that the mortality rate of the infection has indeed dropped to 0.1% from May this year, which is far lower than the 0.6% mortality rate of the fifth wave of the epidemic. The Centre believes that this is due to the vaccination rate. Arrangements such as ascending and taking oral medication.
Zhang Zhujun, director of the infectious disease department of the center, pointed out that the mortality rate of high-risk people who have not received injections is still very high. Among them, the mortality rate of elderly people over 80 years old who have not received injections is more than 14%, which is higher than the 1.12% of those who received three injections. He urged the public to get injections as soon as possible.
▼On the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 10, parents bring their young children to get the new crown vaccine▼
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Zhang Zhujun said at the press conference on the epidemic that the current mortality rate is divided into those who have had injections and those who have never been vaccinated, and analyzed by different age groups. The mortality rate since May is indeed lower than before.
She credits measures such as increased vaccination rates and the use of oral medicines.
She continued to point out that the overall mortality rate of the fifth wave of the epidemic was 0.6%, but after the three vaccinations, the mortality rate has dropped significantly to 0.04%, and there are differences in many age groups, among which the mortality rate for people over 80 is 8.4%. %, but for patients in this age group who received all three injections, the mortality rate dropped to 1.12%, and rose sharply to more than 14% without injections.
▼ On September 8, the government epidemic reporter announced that the vaccine pass was reduced to 5 years old▼
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More than 70% of deaths from May are over 80 years old
As for a voice earlier that the calculation of the death rate should be based on May, Zhang Zhujun said that if the death rate is calculated from May, the death rate tends to 0.1%, which is one-sixth of the overall death rate of the fifth wave. The main reason is that most people have already received injections, plus other treatment measures to assist, "So there is no need to separate the time period you use, even if you start arriving at home in May, we have 460 deaths, and we have 382 are all over the age of 80, which actually accounts for 70%.”
Zhang Zhujun emphasized that the elderly and children who have not yet received injections are very high-risk. "Even at this moment, if he is infected with Omicron, it is relatively high, serious and fatal."
▼On August 15th, Children's Hospital began to provide Kexing and Fubitai vaccines at the same time▼
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Zhang Zhujun said bluntly that the vaccination rate of the elderly and children over the age of 80 is still unsatisfactory. It is hoped that high-risk people, especially "one old and one young", will be vaccinated as soon as possible.
Vaccination status as of September 15:
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6 months to 4 years: 98,500 people without injections, or 49% of the entire age group
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5 to 11 years old: 64,000 people did not have injections, accounting for 16% of the entire age group
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Over 80 years old: 116,349 people did not have injections, accounting for 29% of the entire age group*
* (data as of September 12)
▼On August 11, the Kowloon Women's Federation held a new crown vaccination day for the elderly and young▼
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Leung Pak-yin, the former chief executive of the Hospital Authority, wrote an article on social media on Tuesday night (13th), refuting Chief Executive Li Jiachao's claim that the death rate of the new coronavirus is six times that of the flu.
Liang said that since May, the death rate of the new wave of epidemics has dropped to 0.098%, which is similar to the death rate of influenza. It also means that the analysis data is accurate, and the death rate will mutate due to the virus. The epidemic has developed to the present, and should not be calculated across the board. The death rate since May is similar to that of the flu.
The relevant statement was also "blessed" by He Bailiang, director of the Center for Infection and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong yesterday (15th). He pointed out that the crude death rate of the new crown virus in Hong Kong from May to the latest was 0.11%, compared with 0.77% in the fifth wave at the beginning of this year, and the third wave. The 1.68% drop for one to four waves is also similar to the crude fatality rate of 0.1% for influenza.
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