The number of new local infections in mainland China has dropped to less than 100. Beijing’s bar-related epidemic has slowed down and Inner Mongolia’s epidemic has “one change and another grow”
China News Agency, Beijing, June 16. Comprehensive news: China’s National Health Commission announced on the 16th that 64 new confirmed cases were reported in mainland China on the 15th, of which 22 were imported and 42 were local. There were 111 new cases of asymptomatic infections, including 73 imported cases and 38 local cases. No new deaths were reported.
As of 24:00 on the 15th, there are 948 confirmed cases in mainland China, a total of 5,226 deaths, and a total of 225,118 confirmed cases. There are 221 confirmed cases imported from abroad, with a total of 18,975 confirmed cases and no deaths.
New local infections in mainland China drop to less than 100 Shanghai Disneytown resumes operations
On the 15th, there were 80 new local infections in mainland China (42 confirmed cases and 38 asymptomatic cases), the first time in the past 6 days that there were less than 100 cases. Among them, local confirmed cases came from 6 provinces: 14 cases in Beijing, 13 cases in Inner Mongolia, 9 cases in Shanghai, 3 cases in Liaoning, 2 cases in Hebei, and 1 case in Chongqing; local asymptomatic infections were also distributed in 6 provinces: 21 cases in Inner Mongolia, 7 cases in Shanghai There are 4 cases in Beijing, 3 cases in Liaoning, 2 cases in Jilin, and 1 case in Guangxi.
The State Council’s epidemic risk level inquiry applet shows that as of 12:00 on the 16th, there are 54 medium and high risk areas in mainland China, involving 4 provinces. Among them, 9 are high-risk areas, all of which are in Erlianhot City, Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia. Of the 45 medium-risk regions, 36 are in Shanghai. The other 9 are: 4 in Beijing, all in Chaoyang District; 3 in Inner Mongolia, all in Chifeng City; 2 in Liaoning, all in Dandong City.
There were 16 new local infections in Shanghai on the 15th, of which confirmed cases (9 cases) and asymptomatic infections (7 cases) both dropped to single digits again. As of 24:00 on the 15th, Shanghai has reported a total of 58,098 local confirmed cases of the current round of the epidemic, of which 137 are currently being treated in hospitals, and a total of 588 deaths have been reported.
June 16 marks the sixth anniversary of the opening of Shanghai Disney Resort. As the epidemic prevention and control situation in Shanghai continued to improve, Disney Town and a theme hotel in Shanghai Disney Resort also resumed operations on this day, and related hotel reservations resumed. According to reports, in accordance with the relevant requirements of normalized epidemic prevention and control, all Shanghai Disney venues that have resumed operations will take measures to limit traffic.
The epidemic in Paradise supermarkets and bars has slowed down. Beijing further strengthens epidemic prevention management in key industries and places
On the 15th, Beijing added 18 local infections (14 confirmed cases, 4 asymptomatic cases), and 13 local infections (4 confirmed cases and 9 asymptomatic cases) from 0:00 to 15:00 on the 16th. The infected persons are all quarantined observers.
The Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported on the 16th that from June 9 to 15:00 on the 16th, a total of 351 cases of infected people have been reported in the Beijing Paradise Supermarket Bar, involving 14 districts and economic development zones. Among them, 235 were bar visitors, 7 were bar staff, and 109 were other related personnel.
Officials in Beijing said that the outbreak of a cluster of epidemics in Paradise supermarket bars on June 9 was ferocious and spread across a wide range. At present, the daily number of new cases in Beijing has declined, and there are no new social cases from 0:00 on the 15th to 15:00 on the 16th. However, the epidemic prevention and control in Beijing is still at a critical stage, and there is still the possibility of socially hidden cases, which must not be taken lightly.
According to reports, Beijing has issued relevant measures to further strengthen the epidemic prevention management of key industries and key places. In terms of strict nucleic acid testing, it is required to carry out all-out inspections for 34 key groups of people, and to appropriately increase the frequency of nucleic acid testing; in terms of strict inspection of hidden risks, carry out large-scale social epidemic risk inspections and law enforcement inspections, and the environment is closed and people are densely populated. In accordance with the principle of prudence and prudence, research and determine specific open standards and conditions.
The epidemic in Inner Mongolia “changes and grows”, and 21 cases of infection are increasing in Sunite Zuoqi
Inner Mongolia reported 34 new local infections on the 15th (13 confirmed cases and 21 asymptomatic cases), all in Xilin Gol League; among them, Sunite Zuoqi reported 21 local infections, which exceeded the previous severe epidemic in Erenhot City (13 cases). ). As of 24:00 on the 15th, there were 586 local infections in Inner Mongolia (312 confirmed cases and 274 asymptomatic cases).
As the hardest hit area of this round of epidemic in Inner Mongolia, the Erenhot epidemic that started on June 2 has reported a total of 486 local infections. However, the number of local infected people in Erenhot has continued to decline recently. According to official reports, the epidemic has now entered the final stage.
As another key area of this round of epidemic in Inner Mongolia, Chifeng City has reported nearly 70 local infections. However, on the 15th, the city achieved zero new local confirmed and asymptomatic infections, and the epidemic situation has further improved.
While the epidemic situation in Erenhot and Chifeng continued to improve, Sunite Zuoqi experienced a surge in local infections. According to a recent report, on the 14th, Sunite Zuo Banner found 4 positive infections in the active screening of the pastoral area within the closed and controlled area. In the past two days, the banner has reported 25 local infections.
It is reported that after the outbreak of the epidemic, Sunite Zuoqi has implemented strict traffic control on various traffic roads and town entrances. People and vehicles are strictly prohibited from entering and leaving, and public transportation such as roads and railways have been suspended.
The source of the epidemic in Dandong, Liaoning is still unknown
On the 15th, Liaoning Province added 3 local confirmed cases and 3 local asymptomatic infections, all reported by Dandong City.
According to a report from Dandong City, since May 24, the city has reported more than 200 local infections in this round of the epidemic. Except for the “6.2” Donggang epidemic, no epidemiological correlation was found in the vast majority of cases in various communities (places). Based on the whole gene sequencing results of 190 infected people, it belongs to the evolutionary branch of Omicron variant BA.2.3. It is roughly divided into 5 main transmission chains and more than 40 sub-transmission chains. In theory, there may be more than 40 sources of infection. .
The Dandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention said that due to the unknown source of this round of epidemics, new positive infections may be discovered next. Similar to other border areas, the epidemic in Dandong City is complicated, severe and long-term. However, during the current round of the epidemic, strict static control measures were implemented in the main urban area of Dandong. There was less movement of people. Most of the positive infected people did not have travel trajectories outside the community. There was no large-scale spread, and no large-scale rebound and spillover occurred.
On the 15th, Hebei Province added 2 new local confirmed cases, both in Langfang City. As of 24:00 on the 15th, there are 2 local confirmed cases in Hebei Province and 5 local asymptomatic infections still under medical observation.
According to reports, the 2 new cases in Langfang City were all related cases from other provinces, and were found through screening at the centralized isolation point.