China News Service, Beijing, May 18 (Chen Hang) Chen Xin, director of the Xicheng District Health Commission in Beijing, said on the 18th that at 4 pm on May 17, the Xicheng District CDC received a hot report from the medical institution in the jurisdiction, There were multiple fever cases at 55 Fuxingmennei Street, Xicheng District. After overnight investigation, as of 1 a.m. today, five medical institutions in Xicheng District had a total of 33 patients in the unit.

  The Xicheng District Committee attaches great importance to it, immediately initiates emergency response, quickly conducts epidemiological investigation and medical treatment, and at the same time, conducts environmental sampling and testing on the office premises. At present, 33 patients are clinically diagnosed with bacterial respiratory infections. As of 15 o'clock today, the nucleic acid test of the new coronavirus was negative. In the detection of multiple pathogens in the respiratory tract, many people in group A were positive for hemolytic streptococcus. At present, all patients follow the doctor's instructions for home observation and treatment. There are no hospitalized cases and no serious cases.

  Combined with the current epidemiological investigation, clinical manifestations and laboratory test results, the expert group has ruled out that the case of new coronary pneumonia has been ruled out. Most patients report that the fever is related to the recent use of central air conditioning and is initially determined to be a collective fever caused by common exposure factors The preliminary judgment was group A hemolytic streptococcus.

  Chen Xin said that at present, the disease control agencies have conducted in-depth epidemiological investigations, guided the office to implement the main responsibilities, strictly strengthened employee health monitoring and absence tracking, and do a good job of cleaning and disinfecting the central air conditioning and external environment . In the next step, follow-up case investigation and patient diagnosis and treatment will continue.