Original Title: A total of 58 cases of infected persons have been reported in 6 places in Henan, the source of the epidemic remains unclear
21st Century Business Herald reporter You Fangming reports from Beijing
The Henan epidemic continues to develop. According to the Henan Provincial Health Commission, since Luoyang City reported 4 cases of asymptomatic infection on December 31, 2021, as of 24:00 on January 4, 2022, Henan Province has reported a total of 10 local confirmed cases and 41 asymptomatic cases. The infected persons involved 4 cities of Zhengzhou, Xuchang, Zhoukou and Luoyang.
On January 5, 2022, Gushi County, Xinyang City, reported 1 confirmed case and 1 asymptomatic infection; Shangqiu City reported 1 asymptomatic infection. Xuchang City also notified that as of 14:00 on January 5, Xuchang had reported a total of 9 confirmed cases and 23 asymptomatic infections, all in Yuzhou City.
As of the 21st Century Business Herald reporter’s press time, Henan has reported a total of 16 confirmed cases and 42 asymptomatic infections in this round of the epidemic.
The 1 confirmed case and 9 asymptomatic infections currently reported in Xin’an County, Luoyang are all relatives, friends and neighbors. As of January 3, 2022, Xin’an County has conducted two rounds of nucleic acid tests for all employees, and the results are all negative. The epidemic is not changing. Spread over a large area.
The traceability of the Luoyang epidemic is still in progress. Among the above 10 cases of infection, 2 cases stayed in the Lingbao service area of Lianhuo Expressway from 1:27 am to 5:03 am on December 19, 2021.
On December 22, 2021, Shenqiu County, Zhoukou City reported 4 cases of people returning from Xi’an who had a positive nucleic acid test. The four persons stayed in the Lingbao Service Area for 10 minutes at 21:00 on December 18, 2021.
However, this Zhoukou epidemic was caused by another source. At a press conference held on the morning of January 5, 2022, the director of Zhoukou City Center for Disease Control and Prevention Leng Bing stated that the 1 confirmed case and 1 asymptomatic infection reported in Taikang County, Zhoukou on January 4 were both from Xuchang. Persons associated with the epidemic in Yuzhou Ouya Ceramics Co., Ltd. are imported cases. They have been in Taikang for a short time and have a clear track of their activities.
“We are determined to completely control the epidemic before January 10 and gradually restore normal social production, life, and teaching order.” Leng Bing said.
The Xuchang epidemic was first reported on January 2, 2022. The two positive cases reported at that time were all employees of Yuzhou Ouya Ceramics Co., Ltd., and the two had no history of going out for nearly 14 days. On the evening of January 3, Sun Yang, deputy director of the Disease Control Bureau of the National Health Commission, led the State Council’s Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism Steering Group to Xuchang Yuzhou to guide the prevention and control of the epidemic.
The current round of Zhengzhou epidemic will start on January 3, 2022. As of 18:00 on January 4, Zhengzhou has reported a total of 2 local confirmed cases and 9 asymptomatic infections. According to the current information, among the first two cases of asymptomatic infection, one was a cleaning staff in a hotel in the airport area, and the other one went to Xi Gongfang Building 3 to play cards several times in the past 14 days.
On the evening of January 4, 2022, the People’s Government of Zhengzhou City held a press conference, reporting that three communication chains, namely, friends, funerals, and families have been initially identified, and a total of 161 people have been closely contacted and 335 people have been closely contacted.
In the early morning of January 5, 2022, the Zhengzhou Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters issued a notice that nucleic acid tests for all employees in the city will be carried out from January 5 to 6. For residents who do not participate in this full-staff nucleic acid test, the health code will be marked as a yellow code.
On January 5, 2022, one case of infection reported by Xinyang City had a history of residence in Erqi District, Zhengzhou City on January 3, and the other case was closely connected; the asymptomatic case reported by Shangqiu City was Zhengzhou City A case of a person with a positive initial screening in Erqi District was in close contact with a restaurant.
Strict prevention and control measures have been adopted in many places that reported the epidemic. For example, Yuzhou City will implement global closed control on January 2, 2022, and all personnel can only enter and exit. Since January 3, all residents in the city will be isolated from home and stay at home. The staff of the unit will enter and exit with the unit’s certificate. All motor vehicles in the city will not be allowed to drive on the roads.
Zhengzhou City and Zhoukou City have divided multiple epidemic-related areas into closed control areas, control areas and prevention areas for management. All personnel in the enclosed area shall implement the management measures of “area closed, staying at home, and service door-to-door”, and carry out nucleic acid testing in accordance with relevant regulations on epidemic prevention and control. All personnel in the control area shall implement the management measures of “no people leaving the area and no gathering”, and carry out nucleic acid testing and health monitoring in accordance with relevant regulations on epidemic prevention and control.
Luoyang City will temporarily close various cultural and tourist sites from January 5, 2022, and activate traffic jams for epidemic prevention and control from 9 o’clock on the same day. People who enter Luoyang in Henan Province must provide a 24-hour nucleic acid test negative certificate. The personnel must provide proof within 48 hours.
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