The State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference today. Responsible comrades of relevant departments and bureaus of th……
Chen Cao researcher Institute of viral Diseases Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention The public is worried that if the XBB strain begins to spread in China it will lead to a second round of novel coronavirus infection. Thank you Recently XBB has attracted a lot of attention. Recent studies have shown that one of the evolutionary branches of XBB is XBB.1.5 which has a strong immune escape ability especially in the United States the proportion of COVID-19 infection is also very high. From the recent data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States during the epidemic of XBB the number of novel coronavirus infection the number of severe cases including the number of deaths did not show a significant increase. Therefore the reinfection rate of XBB including XBB.1.5 needs further dynamic observation com