On January 18, at the 213th press conference on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic in Beijing, Liu Xiaofeng, deputy director of the Beijing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, introduced that from 0:00 to 24:00 on January 17, 2 new cases in Beijing Local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, and 1 newly imported confirmed case of new coronary pneumonia.

  Local confirmed cases:

  Case 1, a female, 63 years old, currently lives in Ronghui Community, Tiangongyuan Street, Daxing District.

On January 16th, due to the need to go to a third-party testing agency for nucleic acid testing due to going out of Beijing, the result was reported as positive on January 17th and was transferred from a 120 negative pressure ambulance to Ditan Hospital.

Based on the results of epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, and imaging examinations, the diagnosis is a confirmed case, and the clinical classification is ordinary.

  Case 2, a male, 46 years old, currently lives in Ronghui Community, Tiangongyuan Street, Daxing District, and works in a newspaper.

A nucleic acid test was performed on January 17 as a close contact of Case 1, and the result was positive. He was transferred from a 120 negative pressure ambulance to Ditan Hospital.

Based on the results of epidemiological history, clinical manifestations, laboratory tests, and imaging examinations, the diagnosis is a confirmed case, and the clinical classification is ordinary.

Editor in charge: [Lu Yan]