According to media reports, with the virus raging in Japan, the eighth wave of the epidemic in Japan still has no inflection point. On December 25, the number of new infections in Japan was 149,665, and the death toll was 306. In six weeks, the number of new epidemic cases in Japan has become the largest in the world, and there is a tendency to catch up with the big brother in the United States. Some people can't help asking: Japan, a former model student in the fight against the epidemic, what happened?
It has been three years since the global pandemic of the new crown virus. From the beginning of strict prevention to the implementation of various differentiated epidemic prevention policies, various countries can be described as varied.
Among them, Japan's anti-epidemic policy has always attracted the attention of the Chinese people, because unlike our country's strict defense and Europe and the United States' direct "laying down", Japan has been trying to find a path of dynamic balance on the road of epidemic prevention and control.
Therefore, the epidemic prevention measures are capricious. When the virus comes, they will immediately guard against it, but then gradually loosen it. In this way, they repeatedly test the "bottom line" of the virus. Some netizens said that Japan's epidemic prevention measures are doing "sit-ups" ".
Japan's epidemic prevention and control policy
On January 16, 2020, the first case of the new coronavirus appeared in Japan for the first time, and the first round of infection peaks began at the end of March. On April 7, Japan announced the " emergency declaration " for the first time. Indoor places such as restaurants were suspended, and large-scale activities were also suspended.
This trick really worked. As the number of infections gradually decreased, the first round of emergency declaration was lifted on May 25. Japan has returned to normal. In order to promote consumption, the Japanese government even introduced travel subsidies to encourage people to consume, and everything seems to be on the right track again.
However, this virus is so cunning that it can sneak in as long as there is a slight slack. Soon after, the epidemic will come back and enter the second wave of infection. However, Japan did not declare a second round of emergency at the time.
By April 2021, with the delta strain raging, Japan declared a third state of emergency and focused on implementing epidemic control in four key areas. However, the convening of the Tokyo Olympics led to an increase in the number of overseas arrivals. In July, Japan declared the fourth state of emergency, which ended at the end of September.
In January 2022, the Amicron mutant strain brought Japan into the sixth wave of infection. In July, with the continuous relaxation of entry restrictions, Japan entered the seventh round of infection waves. This round is dominated by BA.5, which has super transmission power. During the peak period, the daily increase reached 260,000 people, and the death toll reached 7,328 in August, the highest number of deaths in a single month in the country since the outbreak.
In October 2022, Japan announced the lifting of all regulatory restrictions, and it has just been two months. As for why Japan suddenly released the control of the epidemic, the reason is actually very simple: the economy cannot survive, and the epidemic has forced Japan to let go of control.
But letting go does not mean completely ignoring them. Japanese patients can call the hospital after diagnosis. If the disease is mild, they will be quarantined at home for ten days. If the disease is severe, they will go to the hospital for treatment.
People who are quarantined at home can also apply to the government for "food packages", which are generally enough for a single person for 10 days. It can make the logistic support solid
Of course, Japan implements the principle of "voluntary", patients can voluntarily choose home isolation or hospitalization, voluntarily apply for "food packages", voluntarily vaccinate (Japan's vaccination rate leads the world), and voluntarily eat special effects Medicine (medical insurance claims twice, even if you don’t take it, you can recover).
From the table, we can clearly see that after the release of control in Japan, the number of confirmed cases per day has reached more than 100,000, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has reached more than 28 million so far. It has to be said that after the epidemic control is lifted, there will indeed be a rebound, but this is a painful period that must be experienced.
And studies have shown that the severe COVID-19 rate of elderly people over 60 years old in Japan is 0.14%, and the mortality rate is 0.5%, while the severe rate of influenza is 0.79%, and the mortality rate is 0.55%. It can be seen that the severe disease rate of the new crown is significantly lower than that of influenza, but the mortality rate is almost the same. What happened to Japan after
was released?
It has been a while since Japan released the epidemic control.However, the current situation in Japan is not optimistic, which also casts a shadow on my country's next epidemic prevention and control. According to relevant data, z2
3zOn February 25, the number of new infections in Japan was 149,665, and the number of deaths was 306. The turning point of the eighth wave of the epidemic has not yet appeared.
What is even more worrying is that a strain with high infectiousness and high lethality has appeared in Japan, known as Cerberus, also known as BQ.1.1. The reason why it is called Cerberus virus is that this mutant virus may have the advantage of immune escape than other subtypes, that is, it is easier to infect people.
In other words, with the spread of the Cerberus virus in Japan, the number of new cases in Japan may reach a peak again. The nucleic acid test has also been canceled, and it is conceivable that the Cerberus virus will definitely spread in the country in the future.
The distribution of mutated strains prevalent in my country at the present stage is BA.5.2 and BF.7 respectively. At present, the mutated strains prevalent in Beijing are mainly BF.7, while the mutated strains prevalent in Guangzhou are mainly BA.5.2. The infectivity of the Cerberus virus is still slightly weak.
Of course, you don’t have to worry too much, because experts have explained that as long as this virus is a branch of Amicron , its toxicity, morbidity and infectivity will not change substantially.
But believe it or not, it depends on everyone. After all, when the epidemic control was relaxed, experts also said: more than 90% of them are asymptomatic and mild patients, just like a cold. Who knew that this cold is so severe.
The domestic epidemic situation in Japan is so serious that it should focus on domestic epidemic control, but the funny thing is that Japan seems to be very concerned about the epidemic situation in our country. As our country gradually relaxes the epidemic prevention and control.
Japan seems to be facing a big enemy. According to news from Kyodo News Agency on December 27, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that starting from the 30th, entry will be implemented for all personnel who come to Japan from China or have been to China within 7 days. Nucleic acid was detected at the time, was positive and was quarantined for 7 days. Before Japan, India, Italy and other countries also began to increase nucleic acid testing requirements for passengers from China.
Fumio Kishida announced that from 0:00 on the 30th, emergency measures to strengthen entry epidemic prevention will be implemented, and all personnel who go to Japan from China or have been to China within 7 days will be tested upon entry. In principle, people who are positive for nucleic acid will be quarantined in isolation facilities for 7 days, and additional flights from China will be restricted.
I am also drunk on Japan’s decision. Under the current epidemic situation, does Japan really think that its country is a sweet pastry? We Chinese really like to go to Japan, which is simply a very funny decision. The current epidemic situation in Japan is no stronger than that in our country.
Today, Japan is experiencing the eighth wave of the pandemic, and the number of new infections, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to increase. Today, the number of infections per day is even as high as more than 200,000, and the death toll even exceeds 300.
Japan now has a total population of 126 million people, but more than 28 million people have been infected with the new crown virus, and more than 55,000 people have died of the epidemic. And two-thirds of them died this year.
From these situations, it can be seen that Japan still has not found a balance point to get along with the new crown , and its "coexistence" measures are still difficult to implement.
Inspiration from Japan
To be honest, although Japan is our close neighbor, its epidemic development situation is not at all referable. After all, we are a big country with a population of 1.4 billion.
Moreover, there are huge differences between the two countries in terms of vaccination, population structure, medical resources, , etc. Therefore, we only need to understand the epidemic situation in Japan.
But people who have experienced this virus should have a deep feeling that this is definitely not a common cold. After all, how can a common cold cause death?
so,Everyone must not be careless in work and life, especially families with elderly and children at home, we must take it seriously, get vaccinated as soon as possible, prepare various medicines, masks, etc., to prevent problems before they happen.
The National Health and Medical Commission issued an announcement on the evening of the 26th, renaming new coronavirus pneumonia to new coronavirus infection ; starting from January 8, 2023, the implementation of "class B and B control" for new coronavirus infection.
At the same time, starting from January 8, 2023, the measures for the prevention and control of Class A infectious diseases stipulated in the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases" for new coronavirus infections will be lifted; Novel coronavirus infections will no longer Included in the management of quarantine infectious diseases stipulated in the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the People's Republic of China. This means that the three-year epidemic prevention era of is really over.
From then on, there are only plague and cholera , and they are still in the management mode of Class A infectious diseases, which belong to the situation that we must do everything possible to stop them, and the new crown is related to AIDS , viral hepatitis , polio Like and other diseases, there will be a more mature and streamlined system to deal with it.
Following the announcement of Class B and Class B management, specific plans will also be introduced. In the future, we will strengthen the construction of basic hospital equipment, expand hospital capacity, maintain drug supply, and treat different groups of people according to their classification. As well as the further promotion of the vaccine , these prevention and control measures are inevitable.
I believe that in the near future, the new crown will eventually become history, and we will finally welcome back to the era before the epidemic. Let us look forward to it together!
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