Characteristics and containment of the outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants in Shanghai, China: a retrospective study
One Health Bulletin
; 2(17), 2022.
Article
Dans Anglais
| CAB Abstracts | ID: covidwho-2288929
ABSTRACT
Objective:
The study aimed to describe the characteristics and containment of the Omicron variants in Shanghai compared with the previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants in China.Methods:
We summarized the data retrieved from the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission from January to June 2022 and the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China from March 2020 to August 2021. Epidemiological analysis was utilized to describe the differences among SARS-CoV-2 variants and the infection situation in the outbreaks in China.Results:
The Omicron variants had the characteristics of high insidiousness, rapid transmission, high infectivity, and short incubation period, which were consistent with the characteristics of outbreaks caused by Omicron in other regions in China and abroad. There were 568978 asymptomatic infections in Shanghai from Feburary 26 to June 30, 2022, accounting for 90.73% of the SARS-CoV-2 infections in this outbreak wave. It's significantly different from a total of 23277 SARS-CoV-2 infections in China between March 31, 2020 and August 8, 2021, of which 41.97% of the cases were asymptomatic infections.Conclusions:
Compared with previous outbreaks emerged in China, the Omicron outbreak in Shanghai was characterized by multiple point dissemination, wide coverage, a large number of close contacts of confirmed infections and asymptomatic carriers, and difficult source tracing. The lessons from Shanghai's response to Omicron showed that the dynamic zero-COVID policy is still the most suitable response to the virus which can quickly find the infections and curb the transmission route.
Prion; Viral; Bacterial and Fungal Pathogens of Humans [VV210], asymptomatic infections, contacts, coronavirus disease 2019, disease control, disease transmission, epidemiology, health policy, human diseases, infectivity, outbreaks, public health, spread, viral diseases, man, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, China, Shanghai, APEC countries, East Asia, Asia, high Human Development Index countries, upper-middle income countries, Homo, Hominidae, primates, mammals, vertebrates, Chordata, animals, eukaryotes, Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus, Betacoronavirus, Coronavirinae, Coronaviridae, Nidovirales, positive-sense ssRNA Viruses, ssRNA Viruses, RNA Viruses, viruses, Eastern China, SARS-CoV-2 variants, People's Republic of China, SARS-CoV-2, viral infections
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Étude observationnelle
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langue:
Anglais
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One Health Bulletin
Année:
2022
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