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Shenzhen decides to carry out three rounds of nucleic acid testing for all staff across the city
Recently, the rapid spread of the new coronavirus variant Omicron has led to a rapid increase in the epidemic in mainland China. Following the implementation of closed management in Changchun, Jilin Province, Shenzhen, Guangdong announced a “closed city”, becoming the largest China to implement a “closed city” since the outbreak of the epidemic in Wuhan two years ago. City.
According to a report from the National Health Commission of China on Monday (March 14), from 0 to 24:00 on March 13, 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps reported 2,125 local cases, including 788 local asymptomatic infections. example. The total number of new local diagnoses more than tripled from a single day a week ago. The latest cases are mainly concentrated in Jilin, Shandong, Guangdong, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Tianjin and Jiangsu.
Shenzhen “closed city”
In the face of a severe epidemic, the Shenzhen New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters issued a notice on Sunday (13th) announcing the “city closure”, the city’s bus and subway operations were suspended, the city’s personnel were not required to leave Shenzhen, and government agencies and institutions were required to work from home. , Non-urban security enterprises stop operating or work from home.
Shenzhen also decided to carry out three rounds of nucleic acid testing for all employees across the city, and the closure measures will be extended from March 14 to 20. Shenzhen, one of China’s megacities, has a population of about 17 million.
After the notification was issued, citizens in Shenzhen’s supermarkets lined up to buy daily necessities in preparation for the closure of the city. According to media reports, in addition to purchasing, there are many citizens who go back to the company to copy computer data, or take their computers home and prepare to work from home.
In fact, the day before the announcement of the closure of the city, Shenzhen had fully upgraded its management and control. All restaurants in the “10+1” districts were suspended for dine-in, and Internet cafes, bars, cinemas and other places were closed.
Huang Qiang, deputy secretary-general of the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, said on Monday that the number of cases reported in Shenzhen has fluctuated again recently, and there have been several small-scale clustered outbreaks in urban villages and factories, and there is a high risk of community spread, so positives cannot be ruled out. The number of cases will continue to increase.
He said that Shenzhen faces a greater risk of foreign defense imports in terms of inbound personnel and inbound items.
On March 12, Feng Tiejian, deputy director of the Shenzhen Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that the current epidemic in Shenzhen is repeated, mainly due to the impact of the epidemic in Hong Kong and surrounding cities, or in many cities outside the province.
In addition to Shenzhen, Jilin is the hardest hit area in this epidemic. As of 24:00 on March 12, Jilin Province has reported a total of 2,052 local confirmed cases and 1,527 asymptomatic infections.
Since March 11, Changchun City’s communities (villages) and units have implemented closed management. The Changchun Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters requires citizens to stop all non-essential flows, and one person per household goes out to purchase necessary living materials every two days.
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In addition, Shanghai, which has always been regarded as a model student of epidemic prevention, was not able to resist the Omicron virus this time. The Shanghai Municipal Health Commission disclosed on Monday that from 0:00 to 24:00 on the 13th, there were 41 new confirmed cases of local new coronary pneumonia and 128 asymptomatic infections. Primary and secondary schools in Shanghai started online teaching on Monday, encouraged working from home and encouraged citizens not to leave Shanghai unless necessary.
Insist on dynamic clearing
In the discussion of “clearing” and “coexisting with the virus”, China still stated that it would insist on “dynamic clearing”.
Chinese Premier Sun Chunlan said on March 12 that the general strategy of “foreign import and internal rebound” and the general policy of “dynamic clearing” should remain unswerving and unrelenting, and decisive measures should be taken to control local clustered epidemics as soon as possible. Consolidate the results of epidemic prevention and control.
The Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said coronavirus cases in China’s Guangdong province could soar to more than 75,000 if restrictions are lifted and travel is allowed to return to a fifth of pre-pandemic levels, Reuters reported.
Continued implementation of “non-drug interventions” such as mask orders, social distancing measures and lockdowns will keep infection numbers at manageable levels, according to a study released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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In the discussion of “clearing” and “coexisting with the virus”, China still stated that it would insist on “dynamic clearing”.
Zhang Wenhong, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, posted on Weibo early Monday morning that the fatality rate of the new coronavirus is already very low, but if China opens up quickly now, it will cause a large number of infections in a short period of time, even if it is low. The fatality rate will also cause a run on medical resources and a short-term shock in social life, causing irreparable harm to society and families.
“Among the elderly and people with underlying diseases in our country, a very high proportion have not been fully vaccinated because they are afraid of the side effects of vaccination. Once the infection is widespread, the consequences will be disastrous. In the next stage, we must protect this group of people no matter what. ‘ he pointed out.