BA.5 epidemic is coming! Senior Taiwanese official: The number of daily confirmed diagnoses on the island will reach 60,000 after the middle and late of this month

The new crown epidemic on the

island has re-emerged, and the main epidemic strain in this wave is Omicoron subtype BA.5. Wang Bisheng, commander of the Epidemic Command Center in Taiwan, said when attending the event today that the epidemic has just begun, and the focus now is to defend the epidemic and help the people get through the epidemic. The command center uses models every day to predict the development of the epidemic. The peak of this wave of epidemics will fall in mid-to-late September, and it is estimated that the daily number of confirmed cases is about 30,000 to 60,000.

Erwei "Fubu Food and Drug Administration" officially approved the EUA of Modena's next-generation vaccine yesterday. The people on the island are concerned about when they can be administered and vaccinated against ethnic groups? Wang Bisheng said that an epidemic prevention meeting will be held next Monday to further discuss issues such as ethnic groups, age, and the interval from the previous dose, and how to vaccinate confirmed patients. Once the committee makes a decision, the command center will participate in the collection. handle.

Because Moderna's next-generation vaccine is mainly to prevent the original strain of the new coronavirus and the Omicron subtype BA.1, is there any preventive effect on the subtype BA.5? Wang Bisheng said, "According to my understanding, it is useful", because not only the EUA review resolution can prevent BA.5, but also recognized by other countries such as the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the WHO, this vaccine is useful for preventing BA.5 , there is no doubt.

Wang Bisheng said that the epidemic situation on the island is heating up, and now it is time to wait for the next-generation vaccine of Moderna to be available as soon as possible, and then vaccinate as soon as possible. The original strain plus the BA.5 next-generation vaccine is currently available until the end of the year. The original strain and the BA.1 next-generation vaccine are mainly administered. (Xue Yang/Editor)