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Beijing COVID-19 case caused by Delta variant; city to offer residents booster shots
Published on: 2021-10-22
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Beijing on Thursday reported one newly confirmed COVID-19 case linked to the recent epidemic flare-up in northwest China, which has been identified as caused by the Delta variant, local health authorities said. The capital city has launched booster shot services for residents, targeting key groups including people going abroad and staff working at ports and medical services.

The new case reported on Thursday is the wife of a previously confirmed patient, who both lived in Fengtai district, noted Pang Xinghuo, a deputy director of the municipal center for disease prevention and control, at a press conference.

The woman was put under quarantine on Tuesday, and experienced discomfort in the throat the next day. A nucleic acid test later returned positive and she was then transferred to a designated hospital for further treatment, where she was diagnosed as a mild case of COVID-19.

Virus gene sequencing showed that the case in Beijing, which were caused by the Delta variant, shared the same transmission chain with those found in northwest China's Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.

To improve the level of antibodies among its residents and better protect susceptible groups from contracting the virus, Beijing has already launched booster shot services for people aged 18 and over who had completed a full course of vaccination for six months, Pang said.

All districts in Beijing have begun to carry out the services, and the booster shots will give priority to key groups most exposed to the virus, including personnel working at ports, medical services, public security, transport and logistics, as well as those who intent to go abroad.

北京测序结果公布:德尔塔!与陕西病例同传播链

10月21日0时至14时,北京新增1例京外关联本地新冠肺炎确诊病例。

该病例为10月19日确诊病例的妻子,住丰台区恒富中街。本起疫情共判定密切接触者128人,已采取相关管控措施。

北京市疾控中心副主任庞星火表示,北京市疾控中心实验室全基因组测序,判定该毒株为德尔塔变异株,与北京既往本地病例和输入病例病毒基因组同源性均较低,经中国疾控中心专家初步比对分析,结果显示与近期甘肃、陕西等地报告的病例病毒同源性较高,属于同一传播链。

庞星火介绍,目前的研究结果显示,开展加强免疫,可快速提高抗体水平,有较好的保护效果,对于保护易感人群、有效遏制疫情传播具有重要意义。按照国务院联防联控机制要求,北京在全程接种新冠病毒疫苗满6个月的18岁及以上人群中实施加强免疫接种。

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