Hohhot: After the emergence of new cases, 80 close contacts and 62 close contacts have been isolated and controlled-News Center-Inner Mongolia News Network

On March 18, at the press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Hohhot (the 26th session), Wang Dawei, deputy director of the Hohhot Center for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced what measures Hohhot has taken to deal with the new cases.

Wang Dawei said that Hohhot will focus on the following three tasks: First, carry out nucleic acid testing in key areas. The most important way to find the source of infection and control the scope of transmission is to carry out nucleic acid testing in key areas. According to the trajectory of the case activity and the possible online source of infection, the key area is designated as the east to Wenhuagong Road, south to Zhongshan West Road, west to Tongtong South Road, and north to Xinhua Street. Testing, screening of possible latent infections, and timely management and control. The second is to carry out epidemiological investigations on the screened infected persons and timely transfer them to designated hospitals for treatment, and take timely isolation and control measures for the determined close and sub-close contacts to prevent the spread of the epidemic. As of 24:00 on March 17, 80 close contacts and 62 close contacts have been identified, and they have all been quarantined and controlled. The third is to continue to carry out gene sequencing, through the comparison of whole gene sequencing information, to determine the possible exposure history and source of infection. (Zheng Xueliang, Wang Yajing, Yan Chenguang, social media reporter of Inner Mongolia Daily)