(Combating New Coronary Pneumonia) 43 Cases of Close Contact with the First Overseas Imported Case in Henan
China News Service Zhengzhou, March 15th (Reporter Han Zhangyun) On March 15th, the reporter learned from a special press conference on the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Henan Province. The local hospitalized patients with new crown pneumonia had been cleared on March 14, Henan. One of the province's existing overseas imported cases is being treated and the condition is stable. Through epidemiological investigations, 43 close contacts have been identified in Zhengzhou City. All of them have been taken for centralized medical observation. The results of nucleic acid tests are all negative and there are no abnormalities.
At the press conference on the same day, Zhang Ruoshi, deputy leader of the general team of the Henan Provincial Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters Office, introduced that in the morning of March 14th, the last patient with new coronary pneumonia diagnosed in Xinyang City of Henan Province was cured and discharged. Achieve zero reset of local hospitalized patients.
The last patient to be cured was 58 years old and had a history of travel in Wuhan. He was diagnosed with "new coronary pneumonia" at the Third People's Hospital in Xinyang on January 31, and was referred to the Fifth People's Hospital in Xinyang for treatment on February 1. After 43 days of full treatment by the expert group and the treatment team, they met the discharge standards and were arranged for home observation.
At present, 1 case of imported cases abroad is being treated in Henan Province, and his condition is stable. Through epidemiological investigations, 43 close contacts have been identified in Zhengzhou City. All of them have been taken for centralized medical observation. The results of nucleic acid tests are all negative and there are no abnormalities.
On March 11, Zhengzhou officially announced that on the same day, Zhengzhou was diagnosed with a case of imported neocoronary pneumonia, which was the first overseas imported confirmed case in Zhengzhou.
The confirmed patient Guo Moupeng recently went to Milan, Italy, because he deliberately concealed the history of overseas travel. After returning to China, he did not strictly implement the "isolated observation" and "truthful declaration" measures, and he repeatedly entered and left public places, posing a risk of spreading the new crown pneumonia epidemic. The police have opened a case for investigation.
Zhang Ruoshi reminded recent returnees: Immigration returnees strictly abide by measures such as “truthful declaration” and “quarantine observation”. They are responsible to the whole society and to themselves and their families. It will also be subject to legal sanctions.
As of 24:00 on March 14th, Henan Province had reported a total of 1273 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia (including 1 case of overseas input) and a total of 1,250 discharged patients. There are currently 135 people under medical observation. One case was treated in the hospital (for overseas imported cases). (Finish)