(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Beijing continues to increase the number of confirmed cases imported from abroad to 172 cases

China News Service, Beijing, April 8 (Reporter Du Yan) The Beijing Municipal Health Commission said on the 8th that from April 0 0 to 24 o'clock, Beijing newly reported a case of confirmed cases of imported new coronary pneumonia from the UK. As of 24:00 on April 7, Beijing has reported 172 confirmed cases imported from abroad.

According to reports, there were no new reports of suspected cases and asymptomatic infections imported from Beijing from 0:00 to 24:00 on April 7, and 7 cases of discharge were cured.

As of 24:00 on April 7, Beijing has reported 172 confirmed cases imported from abroad, and no cases of asymptomatic infections imported from overseas, and 53 cases of discharge have been cured. A total of 19 countries with 172 imported cases, including 57 from the United Kingdom, 47 from Spain, 18 from Italy, 18 from the United States, 7 from France, 4 from Hungary, 4 from Serbia, 3 from Austria, 3 from Iran, and 2 from Thailand For example, Brazil, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Norway, Greece, Mexico, Canada, and Belgium each.

According to reports, on April 7 from 0:00 to 24:00, Beijing has no new reports of locally confirmed cases, suspected cases and asymptomatic infections. This is the 15th consecutive day of no local newly confirmed cases in Beijing.

As of 24:00 on April 7, Beijing has reported a total of 416 locally diagnosed cases. There were no asymptomatic infections in the medical observation period. 402 cases were discharged and 8 cases died.

The latest epidemic prevention and control work meeting held in Beijing pointed out that the current overseas epidemic situation is showing an explosive growth trend, and the risks of overseas imports and local rebound should not be underestimated. Beijing must adapt to the requirements of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, adhere to the "foreign defense input, internal defense rebound", continue to strictly prevent and control, so as not to be lax, paralyzed, war-fighting, and further consolidate the hard-won prevention and control achievements.

Beijing stipulates that all people entering the Beijing port and those entering the port from other ports within 14 days from March 25th will be subjected to centralized isolation and observation, and all nucleic acid tests will be conducted.

The meeting emphasized the need to strictly manage centralized medical observation points. Strengthen cross-region coordination and cooperation. Strictly implement the "two full coverage" requirements for immigration personnel, and all personnel who conduct centralized or home medical observation must undergo nucleic acid testing. The entry personnel who enter Beijing after the observation period at the first entry point has to be included in the community health monitoring and management. Strengthen the management of foreign personnel and implement medical observation measures for foreign missions in China. Closed management of crew members of inbound passenger and cargo planes. (Finish)