China, zero covid

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China zero policy

During the past month, 30 major Chinese cities, locally transmitted Covid

Today, 23 local cases in 5 cities

Hong Kong

Hong Kong will after a pet shop worker, a customer and at least

11 hamsters tested positive for the Delta variant

Cull more than 2,000 hamsters

Ban import of small animals

Residents to surrender hamsters imported since Dec. 22

Infection in a pet shop customer from a worker

No cases of hamsters to human transmission

(Hamsters have been infected in laboratories)

Health officials testing rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs

CDC, fully vaccinated data

In December, compared to fully vaccinated persons in each group shown below, the monthly rates of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations were:

CDC, booster data

In December, compared to people after 3 shots, rates of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations were:

Omicron wave, peaked in NSW and Victoria?

Prof Adrian Esterman, epidemiologist and biostatistician, University of South Australia

R is less than one

NSW, 0.83

Victoria, 0.8

absolutely certainly peaked in NSW and Victoria

I would expect to see hospitalisations starting to come down now

Victoria, chief health officer, Brett Sutton, Monday

Case numbers were close to peaking

Expected number of people in hospital would increase

NSW

NSW, Hospital numbers should begin to plateau this week.

UK decline continues