(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Xiamen's confirmed cases increase to 35, and nucleic acid tests for all employees in the city start

  China News Service, Xiamen, September 14 (Reporter Yang Fushan) The Xiamen Municipal Government held a press conference on the 14th to inform the city of the latest situation of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the city.

As of 11 o'clock on September 14, the city has reported a total of 35 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia (including 22 ordinary cases and 13 mild cases), and 1 case of asymptomatic infection; all were isolated and treated in designated hospitals with stable conditions.

  Liao Huasheng, the deputy mayor of Xiamen City, stated at the press conference that according to the actual situation of the city’s epidemic prevention and control, it was decided to initiate nucleic acid testing for all employees in the city, which was already implemented in some areas that day.

  Liao Huasheng said that the newly confirmed cases are all close contacts of the existing confirmed cases in the city, that is, a colleague of the first confirmed case Wu Moumou at the same factory.

The newly-added asymptomatic infections are confirmed case 12, neighbors of Cai XX, an outsourced service worker of the city's first hospital.

  Based on the clustered epidemics of factories in Tongan District, Xiamen City has listed the areas east of Huli Industrial Park, Xinmin Town, Tongan District, west of Tongming Road, south of Ji'an Road, and north of Jixian Road as high-risk areas. The place of residence, work place and related activities of the case were sealed and controlled.

  The city has adopted many prevention and control measures: the city’s universities, middle schools, primary schools, and secondary vocational schools have been adjusted from offline teaching to online teaching; kindergartens have been suspended; the general public is requested to stay in the building if necessary. From 0:00 on September 14, it is confirmed. Those who need to leave the building must present the green code of the health code and hold a certificate of negative nucleic acid test within 48 hours.

  Xiamen has also strengthened its dynamic monitoring of the market and increased its merchandise dispatch to meet the needs of citizens for normal life.

At present, all stores in Xiamen’s wholesale market and important supermarkets are operating normally, and the supply of all kinds of daily necessities is stable and the prices are stable.

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