CHINA-HEALTH: OUTBREAK OF DELTA VARIANT OF COVID-19 REPORTED IN GUANGZHOU

Caixin (June 7) reported that China, which has largely recovered from the pandemic since last summer, reported a new wave of flare-ups in Guangzhou that is testing the city’s ability to contain a stronger version of the virus. In less than three weeks, Guangzhou reported more than 100 infections of the fast-spreading Delta variant of Covid-19, the first time community transmission of the new mutation was found in China. The city of 19 million has ramped up virus testing and imposed lockdowns on certain areas as the number of cases continues climbing. Feng Zijian, Deputy Director General of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said the new variants have higher transmissibility, posing challenges to existing disease control measures.  Caixin disclosed that Guangzhou reported 64 new infections in two weeks since May 21, plus 13 asymptomatic cases. The cluster, which has been traced to a woman from the city’s Liwan district, marks the first community outbreak in China of a highly transmissible strain first detected in India. Caixin learned that the State Council, China’s cabinet, dispatched a special expert team to Guangzhou to study the outbreak and virus control measures.







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