(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) A total of 86 confirmed cases in Hohhot, the epidemic virus gene is a delta variant strain
China News Service, Hohhot, February 19 (Reporter Li Aiping) A press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic in Hohhot was held here on the 19th. Officially, Hohhot reported a total of 86 confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia in this round of epidemic, and confirmed cases Most of them were found in nucleic acid tests of quarantine control personnel.
On the same day, the official announced that at present, the Hohhot Center for Disease Control and Prevention has completed the virus gene sequencing of the first three confirmed cases in this round of epidemic, and the sequencing results were reported to the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention for comparison. Results The new coronavirus genes belonged to the delta variant (AY.122 evolutionary branch), and no sequences with high homology were found in the domestic local and imported case databases.
Wang Dawei, deputy director of the Hohhot Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that from 14:00 on February 18 to 14:00 on February 19, Hohhot reported 49 new confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia. In this round of epidemic, Hohhot City has reported a total of 86 confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia, including 23 in Xincheng District, 5 in Huimin District, 10 in Yuquan District, 18 in Saihan District, 9 in Tuzuo Banner, 3 in Helin County, and 3 in Wuchuan. 18 cases in the county. Most of the confirmed cases were found in nucleic acid tests of quarantine control personnel.
From 15:00 on February 17, Hohhot organized the first round of nucleic acid testing in key areas, and now the city has launched the second round of nucleic acid testing in key areas.
According to reports, in order to improve the efficiency of testing, in the first round of nucleic acid testing for personnel in key areas, the city’s health and health commission coordinated 7 third-party testing institutions, opened 5 laboratories, and deployed 5 PCR cabins, with a daily testing capacity of 24 10,000 tubes, 10:1 mixed sample testing, can meet the testing needs of 2.4 million people every day.
In the second round of testing, the city added 126 sampling points, dispatched 934 additional sampling medical staff, added 3 PCR shelters with a daily detection capacity of 20,000 tubes, and an inflatable experiment with a daily detection capacity of 50,000 tubes The daily detection capacity can reach 350,000 tubes. (over)