The Chinese military held a major exercise to prove how the People’s Liberation Army Navy could use large civilian ferries to launch a massive amphibious invasion of Taiwan. The PLAN brought amphibious landing craft to a Chinese beach near the Taiwan Strait, according to Aug. 31 satellite imagery reviewed by USNI News. Offshore, the PLAN […]
An outbreak of Plasmodium malariae infection among forest goers in Sanya City of Hainan Island, China was reported in 2015. In response to this outbreak, an innovative three-layer strategy (TLS) targeted forest goers was adapted based on the 1-3-7 approach. Key elements of TLS are: (i) The village with five malaria cases and adjacent villages were set as the first layer. All residents including forest goers were taken as the high-risk population (HRP). Active case detection (ACD) by blood smear microscopy and PCR was selected as the primary measure, and passive case detection (PCD) as complementary measure. One case was identified under TLS implementation. (ii) The township with cases (Gaofeng Town) and the nearby towns were chosen as the second layer. Only forest goers were screened by ACD, while PCD as a routine screening method. 7831 blood smears collected by ACD and PCD and tested with negative results. (iii) The city with cases (Sanya City) and others 12 counties/county-level citi
Among them, 36 new local confirmed cases (including 22 asymptomatic confirmed cases), including 22 cases in Sanya City (including 17 asymptomatic confirmed cases), 11 cases in Danzhou City (including 3 asymptomatic confirmed cases), Ledong 2 cases in the county (both asymptomatic and confirmed) and 1 case in Chengmai County; 29 new local asymptomatic cases, including 24 cases in Sanya City, 3 cases in Dongfang City, and 2 cases in Danzhou City.
China News Service, August 22. According to the official website of the Hainan Provincial Health Commission, from 0-24:00 on August 21, 2022, there were 685 new cases of infection in Hainan (232 confirmed cases, minus 82 cases of asymptomatic diagnosis; no 535 cases of symptoms). Among them, 232 new local confirmed cases (including 82 asymptomatic confirmed cases), including 187 cases in Sanya C