(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Beijing diagnosed cases with "zero new additions" for 7 consecutive days, strengthening imported cold chain food prevention
China News Service, Beijing, July 13 (Reporter Du Yan) From 0:00 to 24:00 on July 12, there were no new confirmed cases, suspected cases, and asymptomatic infections in Beijing, and 14 cases were discharged. This is the seventh consecutive day that Beijing has had no new confirmed cases since the cluster epidemic occurred in the new wholesale market on June 11.
The Beijing Municipal Health Commission stated on July 13 that, as of 24:00 on July 12, Beijing has reported a total of 335 confirmed cases, 226 cases in hospital, and 109 discharged cases since June 11. 18 cases of asymptomatic infections still under observation.
According to the State Council client's "Infection Risk Inquiry" system, as of 15:00 on July 12, there were 3 more towns and villages in Beijing adjusted from medium-risk areas to low-risk areas. At present, there are 10 medium and high risk areas in Beijing. One high-risk area is Huaxiang (regional) township in Fengtai District; nine are medium-risk areas, including 5 in Daxing District and 4 in Fengtai District.
Recently, new coronavirus was detected on the outer packaging of frozen white shrimp imported from Ecuador. China suspended imports of products by related companies. At the same time, supermarkets in many shopping malls including Beijing quickly delisted recently imported Ecuadorian white shrimp products.
The Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidelines on the prevention of imported cold-chain food during the epidemic, and proposed that operators, operating units, industry authorities and government departments of imported cold-chain foods should strengthen the daily management of imported cold-chain foods, clarify their responsibilities, and carry out Prevention and control work.
The guidelines stated that the source control should be strengthened, and all imported refrigerated and frozen foods should be strictly inspected and quarantined; samples of the outer packaging and surface of the goods should be tested for new coronavirus nucleic acid, and samples of the goods should be collected based on different cargo characteristics for new coronavirus nucleic acid testing.
In the warehousing and transportation of goods, the relevant regulations on prevention and control should be strictly implemented, preventive disinfection should be carried out, and the detection of new coronavirus nucleic acids should be performed on samples of key parts.
The guidelines are clear, and it is necessary to strengthen the management and control of the market sales link so that all goods can be traced to the source. It is necessary to strengthen the daily prevention and control of employees, and establish health monitoring systems such as body temperature monitoring for employees.
According to the guidelines, the operation managers of all aspects of the food circulation should promptly start the emergency plan formulated by the unit (department) once they find a positive product of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test, report it in time, and take measures such as temporary storage of the relevant positive products. Products with positive nucleic acid test are handled in accordance with the centralized transfer of medical waste. (Finish)