Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 21st Title: The epidemic has spread to more than 10 provinces and comprehensively carry out investigation and control
Xinhua News Agency reporters Dong Ruifeng and Xu Penghang
As of the early morning of the 21st, this round of new crown pneumonia epidemic has spread to 10 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia, Hunan, Guizhou, Beijing, Hebei, Hubei, and Qinghai. The National Health Commission and the National Bureau of Disease Control have sent working groups to many places to guide the locals in carrying out epidemic management work.
Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi first detected positive cases
According to reports, on the 12th, Erlianhot City, Inner Mongolia, conducted a routine nucleic acid test on the closed-loop management personnel of a logistics park on the 12th and found that a group of tests were positive. Subsequent further testing and consultation confirmed a confirmed case of local new coronary pneumonia.
The patient was transported to the hospital for observation and treatment in a closed loop as soon as possible, and all relevant contacts were subject to centralized isolation and medical observation. On the 14th, Erenhot City initiated nucleic acid testing for all employees.
According to reports, from the 16th to the 17th, Shaanxi added two new cases of positive nucleic acid tests for tourists from the provinces. The two departed from Shanghai and traveled by car in Gansu and Inner Mongolia. After the nucleic acid test was confirmed to be positive, they have been isolated and treated in designated medical institutions.
Since then, Xi’an has carried out investigation and control in an all-round way. A total of 7 people in the tour group of the above-mentioned tourists tested positive for nucleic acid. As of 7:00 on the 18th, 6 of them were confirmed as confirmed cases and 1 person was asymptomatic. Based on the tracking information of the case trajectory, Xi’an has focused on key points, implemented hierarchical implementation, carried out nucleic acid testing and investigation, and implemented closed control over areas where cases have been active.
Several provinces have successively reported new local confirmed cases
After the above-mentioned positive cases were announced, their close contacts were followed up and investigated urgently in many places.
According to reports, as of 7:00 on the 20th, Erlianhot City, Inner Mongolia, reported 7 new local confirmed cases. On the 20th, one person in Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, was found to have a positive nucleic acid test result. As of press time on the 21st, Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia, reported 13 local confirmed cases.
As of noon on the 20th, Gansu had reported 8 new local confirmed cases and 2 asymptomatic infections; Ningxia had reported 5 new local confirmed cases.
In addition, on the 18th, Changsha County, Hunan Province, reported a new imported confirmed case from an exceptional province. On the 19th, one case was confirmed in Zunyi City, Guizhou, and the expert group diagnosed it as a related case from other provinces; Beijing added one new confirmed case, which was adjacent to the same carriage as the confirmed case in Ningxia. On the 20th, Tianmen City, Hubei Province reported two new confirmed cases; Xingtai City, Hebei Province reported two new asymptomatic infections. On the 21st, Haidong City, Qinghai Province, confirmed that one person had a positive nucleic acid test and was transferred to a designated medical institution for isolation and treatment.
Start emergency response mechanism in multiple locations
After the outbreak, Shaanxi and Gansu immediately activated emergency response mechanisms, mobilizing all levels and all parties to act quickly and prevent and control them in time. Alxa League in Inner Mongolia, Fengtai District in Beijing, Haidong City in Qinghai and other places have also activated emergency response mechanisms, and are adopting measures such as containment, control, and control step by step.
According to reports, as of the 19th, key personnel in key places in Xi’an have conducted nucleic acid tests and closed control of 22 related places and communities. Ejina Banner, Inner Mongolia, began to carry out nucleic acid testing for all employees in the entire banner from the 19th.
Up to now, all employees have been tested in the medium-risk zone of Lanzhou City, Gansu. Since the 21st, offline teaching and training activities of the city’s primary and secondary schools (kindergartens) and off-campus training institutions have been stopped.
According to the report, starting on the 20th, Xingtai City, Hebei Province, plans to complete the nucleic acid test for all permanent residents in the main urban area of Xindu District and Xiangdu District of Xingtai City in one day. Tianmen City, Hubei has adopted epidemic prevention and control measures such as close tracking, closed management and control, and related epidemiological investigations and laboratory testing are being carried out in an orderly manner.
In Changsha County, Hunan Province and Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, people who have been in contact with confirmed cases, key populations, and places are being investigated. Nucleic acid testing, regional management and control, environmental sanitation and other emergency measures are being carried out.
As of now, the results of the virus gene sequencing of this round of the epidemic have not been announced, and the source of the epidemic has not been confirmed. On the 19th, the Comprehensive Team of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council held a video conference on epidemic prevention and control work. The relevant person in charge of the National Health Commission stated that all localities must further strictly control various prevention and control work and resolutely curb the current spread of the epidemic in some areas. , To consolidate the results of epidemic prevention and control.
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