95% of people infected with the largest regrowth in China with mild or no symptoms

Beijing, 17 Mar 2020 About 95% of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus-positive patients are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms at a regrowth site in northeastern Jilin province, the largest in China since Wuhan, 2020, the Xinhua agency reported today. The state's health authority, which has accumulated 8,506 active cases among 26 million residents, said today that the condition of the majority of people with mild or severe symptoms has improved after receiving treatment. Among these patients, “very few” have seen their situation worsen as being classified as “serious” or “serious illness”, explained respiratory system expert Yang Junling. On Wednesday, the province bordering North Korea and Russia found 1,157 new positive tests, including asymptomatic patients. Starting Monday, Jilin residents have been banned from leaving the province, a guideline that has not been applied in China since residents of central Hubei, the capital, were banned from leaving the country during the first outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020. China's “dynamic zero covid” strategy isolates close contact in hospitals and facilities from all infected people, putting pressure on hospital systems in areas where outbreaks occur. According to the Xinhua Office, in order to be able to cope with the increase in cases and isolate all infected people, Jilin completed the construction of two quarantine centers with 8 temporary hospitals that can accommodate 11,488 beds and 662 quarantine stays. Shenzhen returns to work As one of the largest manufacturing pillars in the United States, the southern city of Shenzhen, today declared that it will support enterprises to “resume work and production in an orderly manner” under the premise of continuing to cooperate in epidemic prevention and control. Shenzhen, home to 17 million inhabitants, declared restrictions on movement in nearby areas due to the cancellation of public transport services last weekend and a regrowth that has left 677 active cases so far. Faced with an increase in cases, the city launched a large-scale PCR testing campaign to collect samples from all residents three times. Taiwanese technology company Foxconn, the world's largest iPhone assembler, announced on Wednesday that its Shenzhen plant resumed work after announcing the suspension of its operations on Monday. Foxconn's facilities operate on a closed circuit system, according to which the entrance and exit are controlled to avoid contagion. According to official Chinese accounts, since the beginning of the pandemic, 123,773 people have been infected across the country, of which 104,287 have been healed and 4,636 have died. aa/beck/jack (Video)