Daily COVID rise now single digits
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The daily increase of China鈥檚 locally confirmed COVID-19 infections fell to single digits on Monday, with only six cases reported, showing the efficacy of the country鈥檚 targeted and intensive control measures following the resurgence from the highly contagious Delta variant.
Three locally confirmed cases were each reported Monday in east China鈥檚 Jiangsu Province, where the recent Delta outbreak first emerged in mid-July, and the central province of Hubei, hit hard by COVID-19 last year.
During the resurgence, the daily increase of locally transmitted confirmed cases jumped to 108 on August 9. A total of 18 provincial-level regions had reported local infections as of August 12, and no deaths were reported, said figures released by the National Health Commission.
Strict, scientific, and swift measures have been implemented in affected areas since July, highlighting the country鈥檚 principle of putting people鈥檚 lives first.
With massive nucleic acid testing, accelerated vaccination, closed-loop management, and travel restrictions in place, China has seen an apparent downward trend in new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.
Medics, disease control and prevention workers, police officers, community workers, and volunteers countrywide went all out in the frontlines to battle the virus.
Jiangsu mobilized more than 4,000 medical workers and thousands of volunteers and community workers to deter the spread of the virus. Meanwhile, Yangzhou City, the latest hotspot for the new infections in Jiangsu, launched multiple rounds of massive nucleic acid testings.
As of Sunday, Jiangsu reported 802 locally confirmed cases, including 235 cases in Nanjing, the provincial capital, and 552 cases in Yangzhou. According to statistics, patients aged under 14 accounted for 10.1 percent, with the youngest four months old. Elderly patients accounted for 32.7 percent, with the eldest patient aged 91.
Yangzhou reported six and three locally confirmed cases on Sunday and Monday, respectively, according to the provincial health commission.
鈥淭he new cases are mostly concentrated in the group under control measures, indicating that the spread of the virus is under control to some extent,鈥 said Zhang Jinhong, deputy head of the Jiangsu Provincial Health Commission.
The province mobilized more than 3,000 medical workers to help with massive nucleic acid testings in Yangzhou, with a permanent population of 4.55 million.
鈥淲e spared no effort to treat every patient,鈥 said Yang Yi, an intensive care expert with Zhongda Hospital of Southeast University in Nanjing. Yang added that some critically ill patients were getting better with the introduction of ventilators or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines.
Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, also reported new local infections among several migrant workers. Within five days, over 11.28 million residents in the megacity had been tested thanks to the efforts of over 28,000 medical workers in more than 2,800 sampling sites.
鈥淲e worked in the laboratory around the clock to ensure reliable and timely test results,鈥 said Shao Lihua, director of the PCR laboratory of the KingMed Diagnostics in Wuhan. His department tested up to 28,000 nucleic acid samples in a single day.
Having experienced the epidemic outbreak last year, Shao said what impressed him most was that the country regards protecting people and their lives as its top priority.
Wuhan organized 21 medical experts covering respiratory, critical medicine, infection, iconography, and other disciplines, to provide tailored treatment for all COVID-19 patients, said Huang Chaolin, director of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital.
In Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, community workers provided door-to-door nucleic acid testing and disinfection services in neighborhoods under closed-off management. Volunteers delivered living necessities and medicine for residents every day.
Zhangjiajie, a popular tourist destination in Hunan Province, recently registered a new cluster of infections. Local authorities provided free accommodation and food for stranded visitors and arranged medical staff to conduct nucleic acid tests for tourists at hotels.
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