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COVID-19 Coronavirus Updates: Friday / Saturday, March 11-12

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It feels like I’m picking on China, but: The current situation is a big, important change of state!

… China’s current case count is far fewer than those of many other countries, but the growing number could complicate Beijing’s “dynamic-clearance” ambition to suppress contagion as quickly as possible.

The National Health Commission on Saturday said it had found 476 locally transmitted cases for Friday, including five people initially classified as asymptomatic who developed symptoms later.

There were 1,048 domestically transmitted asymptomatic infections, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, up from 703 a day earlier.

Beijing has ordered its localities to stick to the “dynamic clearing” policy and to prevent a large-scale rebound, prompting several cities to take measures such as cancelling group events, launching rounds of mass testing and cutting face-to-face classes in school.

At the same time the country is tweaking its testing regime in response to the spread of the Omicron variant, after having in the past two years required medical workers to swab members of the public using nucleic acid tests that require labs to process samples…

The northeastern province of Jilin said on Saturday it had dismissed the mayor of Jilin city and a district head in the capital, Changchun. The province has been one of the hardest-hit regions in the latest outbreak.

Changchun has ordered all but essential businesses to halt operations and banned its 9 million residents from leaving their residential compounds for non-essential reasons. Similar measures have been applied in urban areas of Jilin city.

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… Like currently available COVID-19 vaccines, GeoVax’s GEO-CM04S1 induces immune responses that target the spike protein on the surface of the virus. But it also targets the “nucleocapsid,” or body, of the virus. In the study reported on Wednesday in The Lancet Microbe, 56 volunteers received the vaccine, which uses a modified version of a harmless virus to deliver instructions to the immune system. Overall, 94% developed antibodies against the spike and the nucleocapsid protein, according to the research team from City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California. Other components of the immune system also responded well, including T cells, which protect against severe infection.

Two mid-stage trials of the vaccine are now underway. One is testing its safety and effectiveness in immunosuppressed patients with blood cancer. The other is testing it as a booster in healthy adults who previously received vaccines from Moderna (MRNA.O), Pfizer (PFE.N)/BioNTech or Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N). The studies will look at the level of antibodies that can neutralize the Omicron variant, the researchers said…

Virus may become resistant, mutate after antibody treatment
COVID-19 patients who receive one of the few antibody treatments that works against the Omicron variant must be carefully monitored because after the drug is infused, the virus may mutate and become resistant to it, researchers warned after seeing such cases with Delta variant patients.

They studied 100 patients infected with the Delta variant who were treated with an intravenous dose of sotrovimab from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and Vir Biotechnology (VIR.O). Eight of the patients continued to shed infectious virus for longer than doctors expected, and tests showed that four of the eight had virus particles with mutations that are known to reduce the drug’s effectiveness. The mutations had developed within six to 13 days after the patients started receiving the drug, the research team reported in The New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday. The same mutations were seen in four of 45 participants in an earlier clinical trial of the drug, said Rebecca Rockett of the University of Sydney, Australia, the report’s lead author…

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    Following up on the above.

    China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the 9 million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant.

    Residents are required to remain at home, with one family member permitted to venture out to buy food and other necessities every two days. All residents must undergo three rounds of mass testing, while non-essential businesses have been closed and transport links suspended.
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    Officials of the Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology University have been sacked after a cluster of infections was reported on campus and students complained on social media that those who tested positive were being confined in school libraries and other buildings in poor conditions.

    The school has registered 74 confirmed cases and transferred more than 6,000 people to quarantine, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

    Aerial images showed students in hazmat suits lining up in the cold and dark waiting to be transferred. Source

  2. 2.

    New Deal democrat

    Nationwide cases declined slightly to 35,750, an average of 10.8 per 100,000 per day, and a decrease of 33% for the week. Deaths also decreased slightly to 1257.

    States with increasing cases week over week expanded to 7: CT, NY, AK, CO, AL, DE, and TX.

    The 10 worst States are AK, with 51 cases per 100,000, followed by ID, WV, both above 30, then CT, VT, CO, ME, AL AR, and TX at 16. The 10 best jurisdictions are LA at 4.25 cases per 100,000, followed by NE, MD, SD, UT, KS, OH, PR, IA, and IN with 6.

    I still expect deaths to decline to a very low number in the next month or so, and for cases to decline further as well. The fat tail of BA.2 appears to be spreading to more States, so we may not arrive at last June’s very low number of cases.

  3. 3.

    NeenerNeener

    Monroe County, NY:

    60 new cases on 3/11.
    They’ve stopped publishing the number of hospitalizations on the daily dashboard.

  4. 4.

    evodevo

    Mr. Evodevo and I had our last Dr’s appts the second week in March 2020…and ate out the last time….for over a year.  He bought a respirator mask at Lowe’s the next day (last one in stock lol) and we didn’t go unmasked for over a year…last summer was a respite..ate out a couple times and visited relatives (we were double vaxxed by then)…then shut back down in Sept. when KY went red again.  Still wearing masks – haven’t been back inside a restaurant either.  We will probably stay masked in indoor public places for a long time into the future.  Too many unvaxxed plague rats still not dead in this state.

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    Malaysia’s Ministry of Health reported 32,800 new Covid-19 cases yesterday in its media statement, for a cumulative reported total of 3,774,786 cases. It also reported 76 deaths for an adjusted cumulative total of 33,643 deaths – 0.89% of the cumulative reported total, 0.97% of resolved cases.

    Malaysia’s nationwide Rt stands at 1.03.

    165 confirmed cases are in ICU, 102 of them on ventilators. Meanwhile, 24,444 more patients have recovered, for a cumulative total of 3,418,443 patients recovered – 90.6% of the cumulative reported total.

    Four new clusters were reported yesterday, for a cumulative total of 6,873 clusters. 405 clusters are currently active; 6,468 clusters are now inactive.

    32,259 new cases reported yesterday were local infections. 541 new cases were imported.

    The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) administered 58,326 doses of vaccine on 11th March: 23,938 first doses, 1,678 second doses, and 32,710 booster doses. The cumulative total is 68,064,755 doses administered: 27,266,041 first doses, 25,769,394 second doses, and 15,238,078 booster doses. 83.5% of the population have received their first dose, 78.9% their second dose, and 46.7% their booster dose.

  7. 7.

    Matt McIrvin

    It still seems like there’s some logical disconnect: if another surge is unlikely to happen soon in the US, what is going on in Europe and how is that different? Is it that they kept a better lid on the first Omicron wave so more people were still susceptible when they lifted mandates? Is it BA.2 or something else?

  8. 8.

    mrmoshpotato

    Another good response from those still being responsible adults.

    Used something I picked up in Twitter. After I was harassed for wearing a mask by a guy when I was out shopping ….I replied: “I wear a mask because of the deep state’s facial recognition system”. This froze the person for quite a while. I think I caused a meltdown.— George Wachsmuth (@GeorgeWachsmuth) March 11, 2022

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    New Deal democrat

    @Matt McIrvin: “Is it that they kept a better lid on the first Omicron wave so more people were still susceptible when they lifted mandates?”

    That’s a decent guess. When I checked yesterday, there were several countries in Europe (Norway and Sweden, I think?) plus India and South Africa, in all of which BA.2 has taken over, where cases were still decreasing.

  17. 17.

    Fair Economist

    Flu Report for 2/28/22-3/6/22

    Positivity up from 4.1% to 5.8%. Lab cases up from 1,807 to 2,446, with 1,108 added to previous weeks. H3N2 continues its unprecedented dominance, 99.7% of all typed flus and 100% of subtyped Type A flus. Hospital admissions up from 1,504 to 1,772.

    Mortality due to pneumonia, influenza and COVID down to 13.1% from last week’s 16.7%, but still higher than any pre-COVID levels with available data. This reflects falling deaths due to COVID as there are very few flu deaths at present. The CDC now classes the current situation as “increasing”.

    The CDC reported this week that this year’s flu vaccine has had only a small benefit against H3N2 of about 16% protection.

    Flu is worsening with repeal of anti-COVID health measures. Probably not enough time in the season for it to get really bad, but instructive.

  18. 18.

    Sloane Ranger

    Friday in the UK we had 72,898 new cases. The rolling 7-day average is up 56.3%. New cases by nation,

    England – 55,883

    Northern Ireland – 2270

    Scotland – 13,220

    Wales – 1525.

    Deaths – There were 114 deaths within 28 days of a positive test reported yesterday. The rolling 7-day average is up by 2.8%. 87 deaths were in England, 1 in Northern Ireland, 22 in Scotland and 4 in Wales.

    Testing – 727,243 tests took place on 10th March. The rolling 7-day average is up by 4.6%.

    Hospitalisations – There were 11,944 people in hospital and 253 on ventilators on 10th March. The 7- day average for hospital admissions was up by 16.9% as of 7th March.

    Vaccinations – As of 10th March, 91.6% of all UK residents aged 12+ had had 1 shot, 85.5% had had 2, and 66.9% had had a 3rd shot/booster.

  19. 19.

    Yarrow

    I think saw somewhere yesterday that “Deltacron” variant had been confirmed? Anyone else see it?

  21. 21.

    Kalakal

    @Fair Economist:

    H3N2 continues its unprecedented dominance, 99.7% of all typed flus and 100% of subtyped Type A flus.

    I had H3N2 in 1968, it was horrible, equal sickest I’ve ever felt in my life.  Even without Covid it’s a really good reason for wearing a mask. It killed around 4 million people

  22. 22.

    RSA

    Asia’s COVID deaths surpass 1 million – Reuters tally

    It’s astounding that Asia and the U.S. have seen about the same number of COVID deaths, at least by official tallies.  Almost 14 times as many people live in Asia as in the U.S.

  23. 23.

    Matt McIrvin

    @New Deal democrat: It also seems like a bunch of these countries basically lifted all non-pharmaceutical interventions on a rigid schedule while the Omicron wave was still very much raging, instead of waiting for it to clear, so they got an immediate second peak. In much of the US the controls had never really been there in the first place.

  24. 24.

    Matt McIrvin

    I’ve noticed that Biobot’s wastewater virus counts for metro Boston seem to have completely leveled off–that may be the level of viral prevalence that is as good as we’re going to get for the foreseeable future. The question is what eventual case count that corresponds to. Essex County, where I am, is down to about 6 cases/100k/day and it doesn’t seem to be declining much. But that figure may be dominated by the higher case numbers closer in to the city. In Haverhill it’s probably lower (the state has it at 5, but that’s a 2-week average ending several days ago). I was talking to my doctor about it on Thursday and she mentioned that she hadn’t seen any COVID cases in a couple of weeks.

  25. 25.

    YY_Sima Qian

    On 3/11 Mainland China reported 476 new domestic confirmed (5 previously asymptomatic), 1,048 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    Guangdong Province reported 33 new domestic confirmed & 191 new domestic asymptomatic cases.

    • Dongguan reported 4 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 188 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 180 at the epicenter Dalang Township, 6 at Songshanhu & 1 each at Nancheng & Dongkeng Townships. All of the new cases at Dalang Township are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine, but the 8 new cases at the other townships are found by regular mass screening, who had tested last negative on 3/8 or 3/9. 7 sites are now at Medium Risk (3 each at Dalang Township & Songshanhu, & 1 at Humen Township).
    • Shenzhen reported 27 new domestic confirmed & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 6 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine & 23 found from mass screening in areas under movement restrictions. As areas under movement restrictions have been expanding, there is no sign that yet that the outbreak in the city has been contained. 10 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Guangzhou reported 2 new domestic confirmed cases (both mild), 1 is a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine & the other arrived at Guangzhou from elsewhere on 3/8 (had tested negative on the same day).
    • Jieyang reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, a person who arrived from elsewhere on 3/6, found via mass screening.

    Guangxi “Autonomous” Region reported 5 new domestic asymptomatic cases (3 at Fangchenggang & 2 at Chongzuo). 15 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 66 active domestic confirmed (49 at Fangchenggang, 15 at Baise, & 1 each at Chongzuo & Nanning) & 51 active domestic asymptomatic cases (36 at Fangchenggang, 12 at Baise & 3 at Chongzuo) in the province. 2 zones at Fangchenggang are currently at Medium Risk.

    Inner Mongolia “Autonomous” Region reported 1 new domestic confirmed case. 22 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 102 active domestic confirmed & 1 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Hohhot reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, a traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. 21 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 69 active domestic confirmed cases in the city. 1 zone & 1 village remain at High Risk. 18 sites remain at Medium Risk.
    • The rest of the province did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 33 active domestic confirmed (17 at Baotou, 10 at Manzhouli in Hulun Buir, 3 at Erdos, 2 at Alxa League & 1 at Bayan Nur) & 1 active domestic asymptomatic (at Bayan Nur) cases remaining. 1 sub-district at Baotou & 3 communities at Manzhouli in Hulun Buir remain at Medium Risk.

    Tianjin Municipality reported 35 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 26 are traced close contacts already under quarantine, 3 from screening of persons at risk of exposure & 12 from screening of residents in areas under lock down. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 96 active domestic confirmed & 7 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. A bath house & a construction site are currently at High Risk. The High Risk massage parlor has been re-designated to Low Risk. 4 residential buildings are currently at Medium Risk.

    Shandong Province reported 159 new domestic confirmed (4 previously asymptomatic, 64 mild & 2 moderate) & 400 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 481 active domestic confirmed cases & 1109 active asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Qingdao reported 139 new domestic confirmed (3 previously asymptomatic) & 312 new domestic asymptomatic cases. The authorities claim that the vast majority of the cases have found from persons already under quarantine, the rest from areas under movement restrictions. There currently are 527 active domestic confirmed & 940 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 residential compound & 1 middle school are currently at High Risk. 2 villages, 1 middle school & 1 residential compound are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Weihai reported 2 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 1 mild & 1 moderate) & 70 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 20 active domestic confirmed & 139 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 office building & 1 bath house are currently at High Risk. 9 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Dezhou reported 10 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 8 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine sine 3/10. There currently are 16 active domestic confirmed & 8 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 business has been elevated to High Risk.
    • Zibo reported 4 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 6 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 15 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. A factory & a store are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Yantai reported 1 new domestic confirmed (mild) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed & 5 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • The rest of the province reported 3 new domestic confirmed (2 mild & 1 moderate) & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 3 at Weifang & 2 at Binzhou. The cases at Binzhou are recent arrivals from elsewhere, & the cases at Weifang are traced F1 & F2 close contacts of domestic positive cases at Zibo. There currently are 5 active domestic confirmed (2 each at Binzhou & Rizhao, & 1 at Weifang) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (both at Weifang) cases.

    Shanxi Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 27 active domestic confirmed cases in the province (15 at Jinzhong, 5 each at Yuncheng & Taiyuan, 1 each at Jincheng & Xizhou).

    Hebei Province reported 22 new domestic confirmed & 22 domestic asymptomatic cases. 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 98 active domestic confirmed & 45 active asymptomatic case in the province.

    • Xingtai reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild), a traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine since 3/9. There currently are 38 active domestic confirmed & 2 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 village is currently at Medium Risk.
    • Langfang reported 7 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 19 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 14 active domestic confirmed (13 mild & 1 moderate) & 32 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city
    • Cangzhou reported 13 new domestic confirmed & 3 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 22 active domestic confirmed (20 mild & 2 moderate) & 8 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 residential compound has been elevated to Medium Risk.
    • The rest of the province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (moderate), at Shijiazhuang, a traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 24 active domestic confirmed (13 at Shijiazhuang, 9 at Baoding & 2 at Handan) & 3 active asymptomatic (all at Shijiazhuang) cases.

    Liaoning Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 1 each at Dandong & Fuxin. The case at Dandong is a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 3/5 & the case at Fuxin other arrived from Jilin City on 3/7, had tested negative on 3/8. 10 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 123 active domestic confirmed (111 at Huludao & 12 at Shenyang) & 9 active domestic (5 at Shenyang, 3 at Dandong & 1 at Fuxin) cases in the province. 1 village at Suizhong County is currently at High Risk.

    Heilongjiang Province reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 3 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 24 active domestic confirmed& 64 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Suifenhe in Mudanjiang did not report any new domestic positive cases. 1 domestic confirmed case recovered. There currently are 8 active domestic confirmed & 37 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 12 sites are currently Medium Risk.
    • Harbin reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 1 domestic asymptomatic case was released from isolation. There currently are 15 active domestic confirmed & 12 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 business is currently at Medium Risk.
    • In the rest of the province there currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Heihe) & 15 active domestic asymptomatic (10 at Heihe, 3 at Jixi & 1 each at Qiqihar & Jiamusi) cases in the city. All areas of Jixi are now at Low Risk. 1 residential building at Heihe remains at Medium Risk.

    Jilin Province reported 134 new domestic confirmed (126 mild & 8 moderate) & 266 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 646 active domestic confirmed & 786 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Yanbian Prefecture Harbin reported 5 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic cases, all traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 55 active domestic confirmed (53 mild & 2 moderate) & 33 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 business is currently at Medium Risk.
    • Jilin City reported 66 new domestic confirmed (all mild) & 167 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 454 active domestic confirmed & 580 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 village has been elevated to High Risk. 15 sites are currently Medium Risk.
    • Changchun reported 63 new domestic confirmed (55 mild & 8 moderate) & 97 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 148 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine, 5 from voluntary screening & 7 from mass screening. There currently are 136 active domestic confirmed & 164 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • The rest of the province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Meihekou, a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Songyuan) & 9 active domestic asymptomatic cases (5 at Meihekou, 2 at Siping, & 1 each at Songyuan & Liaoyuan).

    Beijing Municipality reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild), a traced close contact of domestic positive cases elsewhere.

    Shanghai Municipality reported 5 new domestic confirmed & 78 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 61 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine & 22 from screening of persons at risk of exposure. The authorities believe the most recent outbreak is caused by a breach at a poorly managed quarantine hotel. There currently are 39 active domestic confirmed & 448 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 6 sites are currently at Medium Risk.

    Shaanxi Province reported 30 new domestic confirmed cases (24 mild & 6 moderate), 13 at Xi’an, 12 at Baoji, 4 at Hanzhong & 1 at Yangling, 25 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine, 3 via screening of persons at risk exposure & 2 from voluntary screening. There currently are 93 active domestic confirmed cases in the province (51 at Xi’an, 33 at Baoji, 8 at Hanzhong, & 1 at Yangling), all part of the transmission chain spreading from Shanghai. A restaurant at Baoji is currently at High Risk. 10 sites at Xi’an, 2 at Baoji & 1 at Hanzhong are currently at Medium Risk.

    Hubei Province did not report any new domestic positive cases. There currently are 39 active domestic confirmed (30 mild & 9 moderate, all at Wuhan) & 11 active domestic asymptomatic (9 at Wuhan & 1 each at Huanggang & Xianning) cases in the province..

    Jiangsu Province reported 20 new domestic (18 mild & 2 moderate) & 13 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 6 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 123 active domestic confirmed & 50 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Lianyungang reported 20 new domestic (18 mild & 2 moderate) & 12 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 27 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine, 3 from screening of residents in areas under movement restrictions & 2 from mass screening. There currently are 97 active domestic confirmed & 32 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 81 sites are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Suzhou did not report any new domestic positive cases. 4 domestic confirmed cases recovered. There currently are 23 active domestic confirmed & 9 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city.
    • The rest of the province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Yangzhou, a traced close contacts of domestic positive cases elsewhere & already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 3 active domestic confirmed (2 at Nanjing & 1 at Xuzhou) & 9 active domestic asymptomatic (3 each at Nanjing, Nantong & Yangzhou) cases.

    At Anhui Province there currently are 3 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province (2 at Suzhou & 1 at Anqing).

    Hainan Province reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 1 each at Sanya & Qiongzhong County, both tourists recently arrived from Shanghai.

    Zhejiang Province reported 23 new domestic confirmed & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases (all mild), 22 at Hangzhou (all logistics workers already under quarantine or persons in ares under movement restriction) & 1 each at Huzhou, Jiaxing & Wenzhou (2 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine & 1 is a traced close contact of domestic positive cases in Hangzhou). There currently are 52 active domestic confirmed (38 at Hangzhou, 8 at Quzhou, 3 at Wenzhou, 2 at Huzhou & 1 at Jiaxing) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Jiaxing & Wenzhou) cases in the province.

    Gansu Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 2 mild & 2 moderate) & 40 new domestic asymptomatic cases. There currently are 118 active domestic confirmed & 54 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the province.

    • Lanzhou reported 4 new domestic confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic, 2 mild & 2 moderate) & 37 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 51 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine, 12 from mass screening, 2 from screening of persons deemed at risk of exposure. There currently are 101 active domestic confirmed & 42 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 village has been elevated to High Risk. 1 hotel & a village are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Baiyin reported 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, both are are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine. There currently are 16 active domestic confirmed & 10 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 1 village has been elevated to High Risk.
    • The rest of the province reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, at Tianshui, a person who had ate at the High Risk restaurant at Baoji in Shaanxi on 3/6 (a traced close contact of domestic positive cases there) & arrived at Tianshui on 3/7. There currently are 1 active domestic confirmed (at Jiuquan) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (1 each at Linxia Prefecture & Tianshui) cases remaining.

    Fujian Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed (at Xiamen, a traced close contact of domestic positive cases elsewhere) & 1 new domestic asymptomatic (at Zhangzhou, via regular screening) cases.

    Xining in Qinghai Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case (mild), a traced close contact already under centralized quarantine since 3/9. There currently are 2 active domestic confirmed cases (both mild) in the city.

    Henan Province reported 1 new domestic confirmed case, at Puyang, found via voluntary testing. There currently are 4 active domestic confirmed (3 at Puyang & 1 at Zhengzhou) & 2 active domestic asymptomatic (both at Puyang) cases in the province. 7 sites at Puyang are currently Medium Risk.

    At Chongqing Municipality there currently is 1 active domestic asymptomatic case in the city.

    Yunnan Province reported 4 new domestic confirmed & 19 new domestic asymptomatic cases. 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 71 active domestic confirmed & 256 active domestic asymptomatic cases remaining in the province.

    • Kunming reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 2 new domestic asymptomatic cases, 1 traced close contact already under centralized quarantine & 3 via screening of persons in areas under movement restrictions. There currently are 7 active domestic confirmed & 9 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city
    • Lincang reported 1 new domestic asymptomatic case, found via screening of persons at risk of exposure. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed & 63 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 3 business buildings are currently at Medium Risk.
    • Dehong Prefecture reported 2 new domestic confirmed & 16 new asymptomatic cases, 13 at Ruili & 5 at Longchuan County, 8 from screening of residents in areas under movement restrictions, 9 are traced close contacts already under centralized quarantine & 1 from daily screening of workers in “closed loop”. There currently are 41 active domestic confirmed & 166 active domestic asymptomatic cases in the city. 2 villages, 2 communities & 1 shopping center are currently at Medium Risk.
    • In the rest of the province 2 domestic confirmed cases recovered & 2 domestic asymptomatic cases were released from isolation. There currently are 11 active domestic confirmed (9 at Hekou County in Honghe Prefecture & 2 at Tengchong in Baoshan) & 18 active domestic asymptomatic (14 at Hekou County in Honghe Prefecture & 4 at Tengchong in Baoshan) cases remaining.

    Imported Cases

    On 3/11, Mainland China reported 112 new imported confirmed cases (22 previously asymptomatic, 4 in Guangdong), 125 imported asymptomatic cases, 5 imported suspect cases:

    • Shenzhen in Guangdong Province – 21 confirmed & 9 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Hong Kong
    • Guangzhou in Guangdong Province – 3 confirmed cases, 2 coming from South Korea & 1 from Nigeria; 4 asymptomatic cases, 2 coming from Ethiopia, & 1 each from Hong Kong & Nigeria
    • Zhuhai in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Hong Kong
    • Foshan in Guangdong Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 each coming from Iraq & Vietnam, off flights that landed at Guangzhou
    • Dongguan in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed & 4 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Hong Kong
    • Jiangmen in Guangdong Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from Hong Kong
    • Huizhou in Guangdong Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Hong Kong
    • Shanghai Municipality – 22 confirmed cases, 12 coming from Hong Kong, 5 coming from South Korea, & 1 each from Columbian (via Frankfurt), Canada, Spain, Indonesia & Taiwan; 9 symptomatic cases, 7 coming from Hong Kong & 1 each from South Korea & the US; 3 suspect cases, no information released
    • Chengdu in Sichuan Province – 12 confirmed cases (11 previously asymptomatic), 59coming from Hong Kong, 2 from Canada & 1 from Singapore; 2 asymptomatic cases, 1 each coming from Hong Kong & Canada
    • Chongzuo in Guangxi “Autonomous” Region – 10 confirmed (1 previously asymptomatic) & 14 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Vietnam
    • Lanzhou in Gansu Province – 7 confirmed cases, all coming from Ukraine
    • Qingdao in Shandong Province – 3 confirmed cases, 2 coming from South Korea & 1 from Japan
    • Jinan in Shandong Province – 3 confirmed & 4 asymptomatic cases, all coming from Romania
    • Yantai in Shandong Province – 1 confirmed & 2 asymptomatic cases, all coming from South Korea
    • Beijing Municipality – 5 confirmed cases, 3 coming from Hong Kong & 2 from Denmark; 8 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Zhengzhou in Henan Province – 4 confirmed (all previously asymptomatic) & 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Shenyang in Liaoning Province – 2 confirmed & 3 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Dalian in Liaoning Province – 1 confirmed & 6 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Chongqing Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 each coming from Hong Kong & Singapore; 4 asymptomatic cases, 3 coming from Hong Kong & 1 from Singapore
    • Tianjin Municipality – 2 confirmed cases, 1 coming from Japan, no information released yet for the other
    • Changchun in Jilin Province – 2 confirmed cases, both coming from South Korea
    • Wuhan in Hubei Province – 2 confirmed cases, 1 each coming from Cambodia & South Korea
    • Harbin in Heilongjiang Province – 1 confirmed case, coming from South Korea
    • Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province – 1 confirmed case (previously asymptomatic); 41 asymptomatic cases, 39 coming from Ukraine & 1 each coming from Japan & Sudan
    • Anhui Province (location not specified) – 1 confirmed & 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Changsha in Hunan Province – 1 confirmed (previously asymptomatic) & 1 asymptomatic cases, no information released
    • Fuzhou in Fujian Province – 1 asymptomatic case, coming from Australia
    • Yunnan Province (location not specified) – 4 asymptomatic cases, 2 coming from Vietnam & 1 each from Laos & Myanmar, via land border crossings
    • Jiangsu Province (location not specified) – 2 asymptomatic cases, no information released

    Overall in Mainland China, 151 confirmed cases recovered (86 imported), 42 asymptomatic cases were released from isolation (38 imported) & 27 were reclassified as confirmed cases (22 imported), & 8,632 individuals were released from quarantine. Currently, there are 5,461 active confirmed cases in the country (2,566 imported), 6 in serious condition (2 imported), 5,076 active asymptomatic cases (1,452 imported), 8 suspect cases (all imported). 127,434 traced contacts are currently under centralized quarantine.

    As of 3/11, 3,185.239M vaccine doses have been injected in Mainland China, an increase of 5.179M doses in the past 24 hrs.

    On 3/12, Hong Kong reported 27,647 new positive cases, 1 imported & 27,646 domestic (15,788 via RT-PCR & 11,858 from rapid antigen tests), 198 deaths (21 fully vaccinated) + 87 backlogged deaths.

    On 3/12, Taiwan reported 62 new positive cases, 61 imported & 1 domestic.

  26. 26.

    Kelly

    Oregon public building mask requirements ended at midnight. Mask requirements remain for health care and congregate living settings.

  27. 27.

    mrmoshpotato

    @RSA:

    It’s astounding that Asia and the U.S. have seen about the same number of COVID deaths, at least by official tallies. Almost 14 times as many people live in Asia as in the U.S. 

    When you have an entire political party dedicated to being plague rats to own the libs…

  28. 28.

    Geo Wilcox

    @evodevo: Same here in Indiana.

    @Kalakal: Me too, I was a kid and spent 2 weeks in bed. The only other time I have been sicker was when I got some unknown virus (most likely a version of RSV) in Utah and was crawl to the bathroom and want to die sick for a week.

  29. 29.

    smith

    @Geo Wilcox: I also got that flu in 1968, and have never had another indisputable case of flu since (I’ve had what I called “flu,” but without the full panoply of flu symptoms, so I’m guessing they were actually bad colds). I’m really glad I was young when I got it — something like that now would probably kill me.

  31. 31.

    Steeplejack

    @rikyrah:

    Same. I have settled on the Air Queen KF94 equivalents, and I’m about out of my current 10-pack.

    I don’t worry about going out to eat, because I don’t do it often and when I do I go at non-peak times (typically early or late lunch). I still mask up when I go into the supermarket or other places of business. Where I have loosened up is with family and friend gatherings.

    Discussion of masks here, if anyone needs a refresher.

  33. 33.

    sab

    @Fair Economist: I get the flu shot every year because I figure if they are off this year it might help later.

    Swine flu in the mid 2000s. Devastated the young in Mexico. Bad impact here. Everyone alive in 1959 in North America was fine because they had already been exposed sort of. My Chinese BIL was sick as a dog because he wasn’t exposed because China was isolated then.

    So, do offmark flu shots help later? Is the not here in 1959 distinction real or urban legend?

  34. 34.

    Matt McIrvin

    @sab: It stands to reason there would be some residual immune memory of the vaccination, in much the way that COVID vaccination gives durable protection from severe disease long after the neutralizing antibodies from the initial shot are gone.

  35. 35.

    Ruckus

    @rikyrah: 
    I mask whenever I’m out. I use N95 masks that are reasonably comfortable, just bought another 20. I normally walk 2 miles a day and I mask then, even though I rarely get near anyone, here in SoCal most people never go anywhere on foot. I’ve worn masks in my work on many occasions so really this is nothing new.

  36. 36.

    Ruckus

    @RSA:

    Most of Asia has been just a bit more stringent about attempting to control Covid. That of course would impinge upon the delicate fefees of many Americans, whose calling seems to be “Fuck the world, come and get me.” Which the world seems more than willing to do.

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